Posted on: 05 Aug 2021
[Ms. Laxmi Thrylokya asked: Swāmi, the Sages in the Daṇḍakāraṇya realised that all souls are not only females but wives of God. If we see the world considering this as absolute truth, we get to see 2 females (souls) marrying and 2 females in adultery etc. Kindly rectify my vision.]
Swāmi Replied:- God, the creator is said to be Puruṣa and the creation created by Him is said to be Prakṛti. The soul is also part of creation called as Parāprakṛti. When God is said to be Puruṣa or male, naturally the 2nd item, Prakṛti, creation must be female. The word ‘Puruṣaḥ’ is masculine gender and the word ‘Prakṛtiḥ’ is feminine gender. In this way, the souls along with the creation are taken as females. The souls along with the creation are maintained by God and maintainer is called husband (Bhartā) whereas maintained is called wife (Bhāryā) as said in the Veda (Striyaḥ satīḥ puṃsaḥ…- Veda). Realising this point, the male Sages wanted to convert themselves into females and tried to hug God Rāma. Mīrā also asked her Spiritual preacher called Tulasīdās “Are there males in souls also? I am thinking that Kṛṣṇa alone is the male.”! This is the truth behind the bonds among the souls and the bond between God and any soul. The bonds between the souls in this world are unreal because they are temporary since they do not exist before this birth and after this birth. Such a temporary bond is unreal and does not exist even in the present time. This concept was taught by Sage Aṣṭāvakra and other Sages to King Janaka. Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to suffer with high fever every day due to separation from Kṛṣṇa and he was always covered by white sandal paste (Gaurāṅga) and the paste was dropping down as white powder for every 10 minutes due to the fever of the body. Every day Kṛṣṇa appears and hugs him and then only the body gets normal temperature! Śrī Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa stayed in Bṛndāvanam for one month and everyday He was wearing saree and jewels feeling Himself as Gopika!