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Monday 24 December 2012

Who Is Not Captivated by Krishna?

Gopis asked Krishna: "Where is the woman who is not captivated by Your beauty?" 

Gopis of Vrindavana addressed Krishna thus:

"Dear Krishna, we have simply been captivated by seeing You with tilaka and with earrings and by seeing Your beautifu face covered with scattered hair and bearing Your extraordinary smile. Not only that, but we are also attracted by Your arms, which always give asurance to the surrendered sould. And although we are also attracted by Your chest, which is always embraced by the goddess of fortune, we do not wish to take her position.

We shall simply be satisfied by being Your maidservants. If You accuse us, however, of encouraging prostitution, then we can only ask, Where is that woman within these three words who is not captivated by Your beauty and the rhythmic songs vibrated by Your transcendental flute?

Within these three worlds, there is no distinction between men and women in relation to You. No one is actually the enjoyer, or the male; everyone is meant to be enjoyed by You. There is no woman within these three worlds who cannot but deviate from her path of chastity once she is attracted to You, because Your beauty is so sublime that not only all men and women but also cows, birds, beasts and even trees, fruits and flowers - everyone and everything - become enchanted, what to speak of ourselves?"

Srila Prabhupada in Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

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