0:01Raise your hand if you have a question. Yes. Tareka Natakam. Srila Gurudev, we are seeing now in the Srila Lilas of Madana Natakam how all the gopis are becoming now all the queens of Dwarka, like Lalita, Vishakha, Radharani. How in the same way that they are becoming all these queens, are they staying in Vrindavan?
0:52In a human-like way, does it mean that if they don't stay in this lila, in this kalpa, all these pastimes of Krishna sending back Uddhava to Vrindavan, or the pastime of Kurukshetra is not happening in this kalpa? Or is there a way, like a human way, where they are becoming the queens, but at the same time staying in Vrindavan in a natural way?
1:23Okay, so first of all, in the action that you have seen so far, they have not actually become the queens of Dwarka, because to become queens they have to be married to Krishna. So no one has been married to Krishna yet. That's the first thing. So only they are becoming the various princesses or daughters of different kings. The story is describing how they become the daughters of different kings.
1:53So then later, in the drama, you see how Krishna, he goes to Kundina, and he kidnaps Rukmini, so then he marries Rukmini, but there's a promise, he makes a promise to her father that he'll not marry anyone else unless Rukmini gives permission, you see. So then, even though Krishna, he may meet with Radhika in the form of Satyabhama, or he may, he'll also, there'll be the story, how he goes to find the Syamantaka jewel, and actually it's been, it's in the care of Jambavan, and so when he goes to find it, he gets into a fight with Jambavan, and the result of that fight afterwards, Jambavan cannot defeat him, and he surrenders to Krishna, and he gives his daughter, and that's Lalita Jambavati.
2:50But still, so even though Krishna starts to collect all these princesses, he still can't marry them yet, because Rukmini hasn't given permission. So then in the end, she will give permission. So then Krishna is allowed to marry Radhika, and also all the others as well. So then they become queens. But then Yogamaya will undo everything. So they'll be back in Vrindavan and no one's married.
3:18And then, so that is what happens in that particular day of Brahma. And we can say that when they go back then this prakata-lila has become unmanifest. And now are they still in Vrindavan in other forms? Not in this particular prakata-lila. Just as Krishna has gamanagamana, when he goes to Mathura, he's not in Vrindavan in the prakata-lila.
3:55So in the same way, when the queens go, when the gopis become the queens, they're not in Vrindavan in the prakata-lila, but they're there in aprakata forms.
4:07For example, it was said that these kings, they came to Braj and said, actually, this girl is my daughter. And the father said, oh yes, okay, then you can go. So if they said this, and then they went, and then their daughter was still there. Like, you know, so, yeah. So this is an inconceivable play of Yogamaya. So you should think within the context of this prakasha, they are there, but they are not in Vrindavan, just as we have in the prakata-lila Krishna's gamanagamana, like that.
4:43But in another prakasha, they are there, but in that prakasha, they have not become the princesses. So it's not necessary to reconcile every prakasha, because every prakasha is different, abhimana-bheda, prakasha-bheda. So you cannot reconcile and there's no need to do that either. Okay, so is it clear? Yes.
