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 06 Nov 2025

 

Shri RaadhaaKrishna Gita: Chapter-16: The Association of Enquiry of Greatness of Female Birth

(Strī Mahattva Vicāra Yogaḥ)


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Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]

Mahāmāyā ParaBrahma —
dvaitā'bhāvas sacā''vayoḥ।
Anaghā Dattayo ścaiva,
nirvirodho'nu gacchati॥

[The same monism present between Mahā Māyā and Parabrahman is following in the case of both of us and also in the case of Goddess Anaghā and God Datta.]

 

Virodha iva dṛśyeta,
so'nuyogottarāntaraḥ।
Pātra dharmaṃ bhavatyatra,
sampoṣayati śatruvat॥

[When there is a person putting questions and another person answering the questions, it looks as if some enmity is existing between them. You are nourishing your role in excellent way by behaving like My enemy.]

 

Mā śucas tās tribhir nāptāḥ,
tāṃśca janmāntime hi tāḥ।
Āścarya matra yat tvaṃ hi,
racayitrī vidheḥ khalu॥

[Don’t worry that you are being cheated by Me assuming that I am not loyal to you because the female devotees are not touched by Me through My mind, word and action. Also, don’t worry about the male devotees because when the proper time comes, they become female devotees in their next birth. The climax wonder in this topic is that you, being the author of this plan, are asking these questions to Me!]

 

Strīṇāṃ liṅga mado nāsti,
svabhāvādeva na śramaḥ।
Śrameṇā'pi pumān naiti,
tad bhāvaṃ sāmya dharmataḥ॥

[For female souls, the ego of male gender is inherently absent due to the biology of their bodies and there is no need of even a trace of effort to be put to get rid of this masculine ego by the female souls. In the case of male souls, since the ego is inherently present due to the biology of their bodies, even if they put Hercules efforts, this ego of male gender cannot be removed. This point brings injustice to the case of male souls in getting salvation in the final birth. To remove this injustice and to make the salvation equally possible for both genders, female birth has to be given to the male soul as the final birth.]

 

Ahantā syādapi strīṇāṃ,
kāsāṃcit karmajā samā।
Bhave 'nte sāmya dharmāya,
tadavaśyaṃ vicāryatām॥

[Even some females have ego due to their deeds and qualities, but, this type of ego is possible even in males. This ego is to be removed by efforts of the soul irrespective of its gender. In this point, there is no damage to the equal justice between genders. But, when the ego due to inherent biology of the body comes into picture, that is totally absent in females and that is inherently present in males. Hence, from the view of this point in the final birth, this arrangement becomes necessary. You will understand this point if you do logical analysis patiently.]

 

Ārambhe duṣpravṛttisthaḥ,
kathaṃ Daive nivartayet?।
Kāmaṃ strīva diti praśna –
samādhāna midaṃ śruṇu॥

[Your exact question that is repeated again and again from a long time is that how can a lustful male devotee, present in Dushpravrutti as a beginner, divert his lust towards the male form of God, while a lustful female devotee, present in the same Dushpravrutti as a beginner, can divert her lust towards the male form of God, since the male devotee cannot divert his lust towards a female form of God, which is to be treated as Divine Mother? I am giving reply to your question. Hear it carefully.]

 

Jīvo 'hantā kṣīṇa siddhaḥ,
strī janma praviśen mahān।
Tasyaiva madhurā bhaktiḥ,
lābhavān hi guṇādhikaḥ॥

[The soul, which reduces its ego by spiritual efforts, will get the birth of a female, which is the good fruit of the merit of such a great soul. For such good fruit, the extra facility is sweet devotion. When there is extra merit, giving extra facility is perfectly justified.]

 

Liṅgā'hantā 'pi yatnena,
kṣīyate Prabhu Haṃsavat।
Abhāvava dalpa śeṣaḥ,
strī dehena vinaśyati॥

[Even the inherent and inevitable biological ego of masculine body can be reduced to a great extent through spiritual efforts. The examples are future Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who gets fever every day for the embracement of God Krishna. Another example is future Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, who will be in the female dress of a Gopika for one month in the Bṛndāvanam and will not touch His wife since He always feels Himself as egoless Gopika. Even if very little masculine ego is leftover, it can be considered as almost zero, which also gets completely destroyed when the soul gets next female birth.]

 

Tamo'dhika pumān daityaḥ,
mohinyevā' mṛta cyutaḥ।
Kṛṣṇāt patati bhaktā'pi,
strīṇāṃ kāmādhikā 'priyā॥

[Just like the male demon lost the divine nectar due to his excess quality of Tamas through his lustful attraction towards God Vishnu in the beautiful female form called ‘Mohinī’ and the male angel with excess of Sattvam quality attained the divine nectar, the female devotee having excess of lust due to the quality of Tamas will lose God Krishna while another female devotee having excess of love due to the quality of Sattvam will attain God Krishna permanently in Goloka to merge with Him. Hence, the love based on Sattvam quality leads to the ultimate goal, whereas the lust based on Tamas quality will make the devotee to lose God.]

 

Kāmāt svārtha priyāt prema,
tyāgamātraṃ mahattaram।
Kapi dehārpaṇaṃ ślāghyaṃ,
madhurāt kāma saukhyadāt॥

[The lust is characterized by selfish enjoyment, whereas the love is characterized only by sacrifice to God without any selfish element. Therefore, love is far far greater than lust. In sweet devotion, the body is surrendered to God to get the happiness of lust to the self. If you take the context of monkeys fighting on behalf of God Rama, they surrendered their bodies for God’s work in the battle field and they were prepared for the horrible torture from opponent weapons and even for severe death of the body without any selfish benefit of happiness. This is the true surrender of body and mind to God without any selfish aspiration in return from God for their climax devotion to God.]

 

Nityā premanadī dhārā,
kṣaṇikaḥ kāma budbudaḥ।
Snātā deha manas śuddhāḥ,
karma yogādhi kāriṇaḥ॥

[Love is like a permanently flowing river. Lust is like a momentary water bubble. The devotee shall take bath in the love-river to become clean in body and pure in mind (body and mind are interrelated). Then only, the devotee becomes eligible to do the final step called Karma Yoga or practical devotion (Spiritual Knowledge—Jñāna Yoga, Theoretical devotion—Bhakti Yoga and Practical devotion—Karma Yoga: are the three subsequent steps to reach God).]

 

Bhavad yoga kāmecchā,
brūte prati phalepsitam।
Krīta dāsa iva svecchā —
rahito mukta jīvakaḥ॥

[If the devoted soul aspires for the lustful union with God, it speaks about the presence of aspiration for the fruit in return from God for the devotion possessed by the devotee. Such aspiration for a fruit in return is not true devotion. The final state of a liberated soul while alive (Jīvanmukta) is not to have any selfish aspiration and to be like a slave to God.]

 

Siṃha śaktiḥ pṛthak dehā,
na bhaviṣyati jīviṣu।
Brahma śaktiḥ pṛthak dṛśyā,
tasyecchā yadi māyinaḥ॥

[Among the inefficient souls, the power of lion can’t become a separate female lion to be seen separately distinguished from the male lion. But, in the case of omnipotent Parabrahman, the power of unimaginable God (Parabrahman) called as Mahā Māyā can be seen separately in a personified female form if Parabrahman wishes so since Parabrahman is the possessor of unimaginable power.]

 

ParaBrahma svayaṃ vyaktaṃ,
puruṣākṛti dhārakam।
Sā strī rūpa dharā Kṛṣṇa —
pārśva Rādhā na kāminī॥

[The unimaginable God or Parabrahman expresses Himself in masculine form (energetic or human). His power, Mahā Māyā, expresses Herself in female form as per the will of Parabrahman. Such female form called as Radha stands by the side of the divine masculine form called as Krishna. This Radha is full of divine love towards Krishna and is not having any lust, which is of low level since it does not match the divine level of pure love.]

 

Sā tvakāmā svayaṃ vyaktā,
na kāmāt tasya hīcchayā।
Icchāpi pauruṣā'bhāva —
śaṅkinā muttara pradā॥

[We should not misunderstand that the unimaginable power of unimaginable God expressed herself due to her uncontrollable lust on God. She expressed herself only due to the will of unimaginable God. Hence, she is not having lust but is having only full love to God to fulfill the desire of God. The will of God to unite with the female embodiment of His power is also not due to His lust. The reason for such will is that the ignorant human beings will criticize God that God is not having the heroic masculine potency to unite with a female. To clear such doubt only, God wished for the appearance of a divine female form for union so that devotees will feel completeness of His personality and get attracted to progress in the spiritual path that leads to God for their eternal welfare.]

 

Avatārasya kāryā'nte,
sā līnā Brahmaṇi svayam।
Advaitaikatva micchantī,
na pṛthak karaṇaṃ priyam॥

[When the purpose of the incarnation of Parabrahman is over, she herself will merge with Parabrahman. Mahā Māyā always likes to become one with Parabrahman. She does not like her separate existence from God unless God wishes so. Parabrahman wishes Mahā Māyā to be in a separate female form while He is mediated as an energetic or a human incarnation only.]

 

Rādhā rūpeṇa kāntāścet,
Mat sṛṣṭāḥ puruṣāya ca।
Śeṣā'hantā vaśo naitaḥ,
sā cet siddhiṃ sakṛd gatā॥

[If God wants, He can create the illusory forms of Radha to satisfy and encourage the lustful male souls in Dushpravrutti present in the beginning stage. Even if such facility is given, the male souls will not proceed to salvation due to their inevitable inherent masculine ego due to the presence of their biological structure of body. In the same place of a male soul, if a female soul is present, she can immediately proceed to the salvation due to the absence of such inevitable biological ego since ego is the biggest hurdle to learn the spiritual knowledge (first step) of God that leads every soul to salvation through theoretical devotion (second step) and practical devotion (third step). Since male souls will not proceed towards spiritual knowledge due to inherent ego, there is no point in making such arrangement of female illusory forms of God to attract them. Spiritual knowledge is the very first and important step that leads to theoretical devotion and then to practical devotion after which only salvation is possible for all souls irrespective of gender. This arrangement of sweet devotion for female souls is only to attract them to push them to learn the spiritual knowledge of God.]

 

Anyo 'pi hetus saṃyojyaḥ,
Brahmaṇaḥ puruṣākṛtim।
Vinā necchati sā māyā,
mithyā yogaṃ parairapi॥

[Another added reason for not arranging the illusory forms of Mahā Māyā in sweet devotion for male souls is that she does not like even her illusory forms to meet the ordinary male souls. She is always dedicated to meet with the male form of Parabrahman only.]

 

Baddhaṃ dvārāntaraṃ puṃsāṃ,
svayamapyeva masti cet।
Ruddhās striyaśca jīvās tat,
sarve'pīti sa mārgadaḥ॥

[Like this, in view of the above explained two reasons (i. Mahā Māyā does not like this arrangement even with her illusory forms. ii. The inherent ego of males does not allow them to proceed spiritually even if the arrangement is made), the door for male souls is closed for salvation in the path of sweet devotion during the time of male birth. If Parabrahman also follows the same policy of Mahā Māyā by not allowing His illusory forms also for attracting the lustful female devotees in the beginning stage, then, all doors will get closed for all souls irrespective of gender. Hence, the most kindest Parabrahman opened the way from His side for the sake of helping the egoless devoted souls, who attained the female birth through their cycle of deeds.]

 

Liṅga janma karma cakrāt,
nāhantā sādhanātmanaḥ।
Pakṣapāto na Devasya,
vaktavyo liṅga bhedataḥ॥

[The birth of a soul with specific gender is always obtained as a fruit of its deeds done to remove or at least reduce the ego. Hence, the cycle of deeds is responsible for any soul to obtain the birth of a specific gender. If the soul practices to resist the quality of ego that comes through qualities and deeds, such soul will attain female birth. If the soul grows its ego through egoistic deeds, such soul will attain a male birth even if the soul is in female birth. Hence, God is not responsible for the birth of a soul as male or female. Therefore, God is not showing any partiality for a specific gender even in the path of sweet devotion of spirituality.]

 

Strījanmāntara siddhitvāt,
sarva jīva praveśadāt।
Mokṣa mārgo 'sti sarveṣāṃ,
janmaikaṃ tad dṛśā kṣaṇaḥ॥

[Even for a male soul, the female birth is possible immediately if the male soul puts serious spiritual efforts to reduce its ego. By this, all the souls have entry into the complete salvation. The only delay for male souls is just one birth, which is just a second in the view of God due to the difference in the time scales for God and human souls.]

 

Kasyāpi karmaṇaḥ kartā,
na Devo mānavās svayam।
Kārya śaktis sadguruśca,
sārathis sa rathī phale॥

[In any work, whether it is worldly work or spiritual work, God is not the doer. The doer of any work is only the soul itself. God is the provider of the neutral power to all souls, who perform deeds as per their desires guided by their inherent qualities. Apart from being the provider of this inert performing power, God also stands as a good non-inert guide or Sadguru through an incarnation, like the driver of a chariot. The driver gives good advice to the owner of the chariot. The owner of the chariot has free will to take the final decision and meet the corresponding fruit at the end of the deed. Hence, there is no doership of God in any work done by the soul and since the soul is the doer, it will only get the fruit and not God (Na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi… Gita). If the soul is unable to attain the guide or Sadguru, the spiritual knowledge given by the Sadguru can be used as the guide. In the absence of the availability of such spiritual knowledge, the inner consciousness of the soul through which God speaks can be taken as the guide.]

 

Sapta sārūpya jāmātṛ   —
buddhyā sañcālayāmyaham।
Ādya kakṣyāsu doṣānu  —
śiṣyānu saraṇaṃ guroḥ॥

[I am taking forward this arrangement of sweet devotion for female devotees (assumed daughters) in inevitable circumstances, thinking that My illusory forms are My sons-in-law since I am the assumed Father of all souls and I have the inevitable responsibility to help My children to progress in the spiritual path for their eternal welfare. Such arrangement of Mine is also based on the fact that seven human beings across the world have same physical appearance so that people need not think that My illusory form is also Myself. The guide has to inevitably follow the student-children in the beginning standards by accepting their initial defects so that they will also follow the guide due to increased intensity of friendly attachment in the initial stage.]

 

Śakti bhinnau jīva Devā,
viti vismṛtya jīvinā।
Samaṃ Devaṃ bhāvayanto,
nāstikāḥ praskhalanti hi॥

[The devotees having atheistic nature will always slip very intensively in the case of God and end up in horribly misunderstanding God because they forget that God and soul are completely different in their powers (God is omnipotent and omniscient, whereas the soul is little potent and little knowledgeable) and foolishly equate God with soul in power and knowledge to draw absurd conclusions.]

Iti Śrī Datta Svāmi viracita Śrī RādhāKṛṣṇa Gītāyāṃ Strī Mahattva Vicāra Yogo Nāma Ṣoḍaśādhyāyaḥ।

[Like this, in Shri RadhaKrishna Gita, composed by Shri Datta Swami, the Sixteenth Chapter called ‘The Association of Enquiry of Greatness of Female Birth’ is completed.]


Chapters:

Chapter-1: The Depression-Yoga of Raadhaa

Chapter-2: The Essence of Sainthood-Yoga

Chapter-3: The Analysis of Unimaginable Power-Yoga

Chapter-4: The Analysis of Pravrutti-Nivrutti Yoga

Chapter-5: The Analysis of Raasakeli-Yoga

Chapter-6: The Association of Enquiry Regarding Gender Difference

Chapter-7: The Association of Enquiry About Penance

Chapter-8: The Association of Enquiry About the Incarnation

Chapter-9: The Association of Enquiry About the Intention And Fruit

Chapter-10: The Association of Enquiry About the Difference Between Lust and Love

Chapter-11: The Association Of Enquiry About The Attainment Of Salvation

Chapter-12: The Association of Enquiry of Unity in Divine Incarnations

Chapter-13: The Association of Enquiry of Stories in Secondary Scriptures

Chapter-14: The Association of Enquiry of Justice and Salvation

Chapter-15: The Association of Enquiry of Equality Between Men and Women

Chapter-16: The Association of Enquiry of Greatness of Female Birth

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