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though they united with Krishna as their paramour. (How could
they give up their bodies composed of Gunas while they did not
know Krishna as Parama Atma, but knew him only as their
paramour, a relation caused by the Gunas? " Even though they ??c."
A thing is not dependent for its properties upon what another thinks
of it. Drink nectar without knowing it is so. The effects are there.
There is another difficulty. The Gopis had their Prarabdha Karma,
or Karma that brought about the present birth and its surroundings,
and Prarabdha is exhausted only after being worked out. So with
the bonds of Prarabdha, how could they give up their body? " With
their bonds completely severed at that very time." But Prarabdha
cannot be exhausted without suffering and enjoyment. Where were
the suffering and enjoyment in this case? "With sins all removed
??c." The greatest suffering caused by separation removed all de-
merits and the greatest enjoyment caused by the embraces of
Krishna removed the bonds of merits. Therefore when Parama
Atma was attained by intense meditation, the suffering and enjoy-
ment of the time completely eradicated Karma and the Gopis gave
up their bodies composed of the Gunas. Sridhara^
Asked Raja Parikshit t
M O Muni, they knew Krishna as only one enjoyable and not
as Brahma. The Gunas were mixed up in their understanding of
Krishna. How could there then be a cessation of the flow of the
Gunas?"
(Husbands, sons and others, even they themselves were
Brahma in essence. But a devotion to them could not cause
Moksha as they were not known as Brahma. How could union with
Krishna cause Moksha, when he was not known as Brahma? There-
fore this doubt. Sridhara^)
Suka replied:
M O King, I have said before how Sisupala attained Siddhi
even by bearing enmity to Hrishikesha (controller of the senses,
Krishna.) What of those to whom Krishna is dear? (The purport
is that Brahma-hood is eclipsed in the Jiva. But Krishna is controller
of the senses. Brahma-hood is manifest in him. He does not require
to be known. Sridhara). Bhagavan manifests himself for the Moksha
of men though in reality, He is without end, without measure, void
of all Gunas and their controller. (Krishna being a manifestation of
Bhagavan, there is no comparison between Him and other embodied
men. Sridhara.}
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