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Is God attracted to external beauty in the same way that humans are?

[Shri Hrushikesh asked: Swami, I heard one Sanskrit scholar saying that God Krishna was trapped by the beauty of the eyes of Radha. Does this mean that even God is attracted by external beauty like a human being?]

Swami replied: It is written in a book called Shri Krishna Karnamritam that God Krishna was trapped by the beauty of the eyes of Radha (Dhīro'pi rādhā nayanāvabaddhaḥ). It is all poetry which allows even false exaggerations. Of course, the beauty of eyes of Radha was extreme. But, even the beauty of the eyes of Krishna is unimaginable. This was made clear when a devotee called Dhanurdas who was deeply attracted by the beauty of the eyes of his wife became an extreme devotee of God Vishnu on seeing the beauty of the eyes of God Vishnu, which was shown by Ramanuja. Radha is the incarnation of God Shiva and Krishna is the incarnation of God Vishnu. God Vishnu loves God Shiva and God Shiva loves God Vishnu. In fact, both are one and the same (Śivaśca Nārāyaṇaḥ - Veda). The reason for the attraction of Krishna towards Radha is this internal divine love between God Vishnu and God Shiva. The actual reason is not recognized by ignorant people, who believed the external visible reason only as the real reason. This is called as Kaakataaliiyaka Nyaaya, which means that a crow landed on a palm tree and the palm fruit fell down. People thought that because the crow has landed on the palm tree, the palm fruit fell down.

This is not the actual reason. The actual reason is that the palm fruit was already ready to fall down. Even if the crow had not landed on the tree, the palm fruit could have fallen down. The actual reason of the palm fruit is not recognized by the ignorant people. Similarly, Krishna is trapped by Radha not because of the external misunderstood reason (the beauty of the eyes of Radha) but Krishna was trapped by Radha due to the internal unseen actual reason, which is the divine love between Krishna (God Vishnu) and Radha (God Shiva). Hence, the statement that Krishna was trapped by the beauty of the eyes of Radha is poetry only while the actual truth is the divine love between God Vishnu and God Shiva. It is a known fact that Krishna is the incarnation of God Vishnu and Radha is the incarnation of God Shiva.

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