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What if the Vrittis were now removed from the Gopis or the
Gopa boys kept out in a body? They all lost their distinctive fea-
tures; their differences were gone. All was become divine the
Vrittis and the Gopa boys.
So when Brahma concealed the calves and the Gopa boys, he
only thought of his own creation. The Vrittis and the Gopa boys
came out in divinity which was now their only reality. They were all
parts of Sri Krishna himself. They were manifestly sparks or rays
of Atma itself. The senses and the mind were now irresistibly drawn
towards their calves. The Gopas were more than ever attached to their
boys. Balarama noticed this and spoke to Krishna. The query of
Raja Parikshit and the reply of Suka explain the whole position. This
brings us to the end of the KUMARA LILA of Sri Krishna which
prepares the way for the union of the human soul with the over-soul,
ofJivaAtma with Parama Atma. We come next to the POU-
GANDA LILA when Krishna guided the mind itself and all were
attached to Him.
Krishna, the lender of the cows.
Rama and Krishna were now in charge of the cows themselves,
the senses and the mind.
The Kaliya serpent.
Yam a is the Death-god. The river Yamuna is his sister.
Kaliya is from kala or time. Kaliya with its one hundred hoods is
the lifetime of one birth, represented by one hundred years. The
serpent could not be killed but only sent away from Vrindavana.
The devotees got over the periodic death-transformation.
The conflagtati ??n and Pralamba.
As the followers of Krishna were saved from death on the one
hand, so they were saved from conflagration (annihilation of form)
and loss of the Ego (Balarama) on the other hand.
In the kingdom of Divine Bliss, everything now was div-
ine. The purified mind did not go astray. It remained entirely
attached to Sri Krishna. Personality was now thoroughly con-
quered. The Jiva had acquired matter congenial to the plane
of the first Purusha, and he no longer ran the risk of death
or annihilation. The Gopis completed their homeward journey
and they knew nothing except their Lord Krishna. They gave
up all for the sake of the Lord. The Lord was all in all to
them. They were bound to Him by the most sacred ties of devo-
tional love. We shall now see how they became united to the
Divine Lord.
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