cowherd boyfriends
|
Imported quote 14026 The inhabitants of Vrndavana, the gopis, mother Yasoda, Nanda Maharaja, the cowherd boys, the cows and everyone else-are actually on the raga-marga or Bhagavata-marga platform. However, they participate in five basic rasas-dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, madhurya and santa. Although these five rasas are found in the Bhagavata-marga, the Bhagavata-marga is especially meant for vatsalya and madhurya, or paternal and conjugal relationships. Yet there is the vipralambha-sakhya, the higher fraternal worship of the Lord especially enjoyed by the cowherd boys. Although there is friendship between Krsna and the cowherd boys, this friendship is different from the aisvarya friendship between Krsna and Arjuna. When Arjuna saw the visva-rūpa, the gigantic universal form of the Lord, he was afraid for having treated Krsna as an ordinary friend; therefore he begged Krsna's pardon. However, the cowherd boys who are friends of Krsna in Vrndavana sometimes ride on the shoulders of Krsna. They treat Krsna equally, just as they treat one another, and they are never afraid of Him, nor do they ever beg His pardon. Thus the raga-marga, or Bhagavata-marga, friendship exists on a higher platform with Krsna, namely the platform of vipralambha friendship. Paternal friendship, conjugal paternal service, as well as conjugal service, are visible in the Vrndavana raga-marga relationships.
(More...) Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/?qg=1799
|