Posted on: 28 Mar 2023
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami! What is the final message given by Gopikas in refusing the advice of God Krishna that they should go back to their homes, otherwise, they will face horrible hell?]
Swami replied:- God is greatest and hence, greater than anything and anybody as said in the Veda (Na tat samaścābhyadhikaśca…). Therefore, God is greater than even the advice of God. The love related to the greatest God is also greatest than anything and everybody. This proves that their love towards God can’t be disturbed even by God! This is not foolish rigidity of Gopikas since this point is correct only in the context of God testing devotees. Except this one context, in all other contexts, the advice of God was never rejected by the climax devotee. The reason is that in this context of testing the devotee, God speaks from the tip of tongue and not from the heart and hence, God speaks lies in this context. There is a story indicating that God is always the greatest. While constructing the bridge on the sea, monkeys were writing the name of Rama on each stone and were dropping stones into the sea. Due to the power of the name of Rama, the stones were floating on the water. A monkey came to Rama and told that the name of Rama was more powerful than Rama because Rama was unable to build the bridge while His name was building the bridge. Rama just smiled at the comment of the monkey. The monkey went and dropped the stone after writing the name of Rama on it as usual. The stone drowned immediately. The monkey understood that the power of the name of Rama is due to the power of Rama Himself.