Lord Krishna – An Enlightening Personality 2- The Misrepresentation Of Shri Krishna's Character

The Misrepresentation of Shri Krishna's Character

Childhood

The Childhood of Shrikrishna was spent in Gokul, Vrundavan area. The foster parents Nanda -Yashoda nurtured him with great zeal, love and care. It is said that Nanda had the herds of 10000 cows in his possession.

Even if we consider it to consist only of 1000 cows for a time being, why should then their beloved son go to others’ houses and that too for stealing and enjoying the butter stolen ?

Nanda and Yashoda were so pure-hearted couple that they would have never hesitated and would have easily agreed to give away their baby-girl to replace and save the sibling of their friend Vasudeva, so how was it possible that they would allow any bad habits like that of stealing and telling lies to get inculcated in the exceptional child of their bosom friend?

This is nothing but an utopia or wild imagination of poets like Surdasa and others, – and factually there is no substance in all such stories.

Granted that there could be some childhood anecdotes associated with Shrikrishna, natural to the age under the caption Balalila (Childhood amusements).But these poets and followers went to the extreme by converting them into Rasalila(amorous youthful sports.) – an act of spiritual distortions of Krishnalila.

Radha and Gopis

Some poets from rhetoric school and bhakti cult accepted Lord Shrikrishna as a God, worshiped him, adorned him as blind devotees and followers on one hand, and on the other the Western scholars and their self esteemed, the so called Indian scholars, following their footsteps merely depicted him in various ways with low level intentions and sensual impulses.

Shrikrishna to them was one who played in the group of Gopis under the sacred name Rasalila, as one stealing the garments of the women, the one engaged and indulging in youthful activities with the damsel by name Radha, making uncourteous hideous gestures with dwarfed maiden Kubja. ( Continue..)

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