Gopis Ignore Aishvarya

Everyone likes to share their secrets with their close friends. And the same is true with

God - Shri Krishna who is more known as Shyam Sunder in Vrindavan.

 

So once Shyam Sunder thought that He should show off His Aishvarya to His dearest Gopis. One day, He disappeared and the Gopis were dismayed. They went from one Kunj to another and started looking for Him.

And in one Kunj, they found a man whose face was like Shyam Sunder but had four arms like MahaVishnu. The four arms had Shankh, Chakra, Gada and Padm as the Gopis had seen in the statues in temples. The Gopis were taken aback.

Then one of them said - This must be MahaVishnu as we see Him in the temple.

So they all bowed to Him and then left and continued looking for Shyam Sunder.

Shyam Sunder was very disappointed that the Gopis did not give any value to His MahaVishnu appearance.

Moral Of The Story

Shri Krishna has two forms - one of Aishvarya and the other of Madhurya. The Aishvarya form is the ruler and the law enforcer while the Madhurya form is the lover.

In Vrindavan resides the Madhurya form of Shri Krishna. Krishna forgets that he is the ruler of the universes and begs for the love of Gopis.

This story tells us that even the Gopis also love the Madhurya form of Krishna and ignore the Aishvarya form. They do not want to love Krishna as God. They just want to love Krishna who is a cowherd and who plays with them and does Leelas with them and his cowherd friends.