29 Sep 2024
[Shri Abhiram Kudala asked: Padanamaskaram Swamy, Swamy, in one of the articles, You have mentioned the below statement: Radha was so amazing that she broke the divine promise done on God (God Krishna Himself) for the sake of the same God Krishna. Could You please explain a little more on the above statement? Can one keep a false promise on God? If yes, in what circumstances it is justified apart from Radha’s scenario. Regards, Abhiram Kudala]
Swami replied: Radha married Ayanaghosha and in that marriage Radha promised on God (God means God Krishna since there is only one God) that she will not leave Ayanaghosha under any circumstances. But, she never allowed Ayanaghosha to touch her and completely dedicated to God Krishna only by surrendering her body, by surrendering words and by surrendering her mind to God Krishna only. Hence, she broke her promise done on God Krishna for the sake of God Krishna only and not for the sake of anybody else. God Krishna also preached through the final Kurukshetra war that one need not stick to the promise done in haste and one shall stick to the concept that is arrived by sharp logical analysis. He promised that He will not fight in the war using any weapon. But, He broke His promise by running towards Bhishma to kill him with a wheel of a chariot in the hand. By this, He preached to Bhishma that he shall not stick to his old promise that he will protect the throne because his promise becomes wrong when a bad person sits on the throne.
The final message of God Krishna was that one shall not bind himself to an old promise done under some specific circumstances. When the situation changes, the promise also shall be changed so that one shall always protect justice. Radha was the incarnation of God Shiva and none other than God Vishnu can be in a love relationship. God Shiva cannot project an ordinary human being like Ayanaghosha in the place of God Vishnu. The whole background is to project God in human form and not to project an ordinary human being as God. For this purpose, Radha dared to break any justice and this point is also her message as told in the Gita (Sarva dharmān parityajya…). This means that the Nivrutti devotee shall vote for God even against the Pravrutti justice. Only in Pravrutti where justice and injustice compete with each other, the Pravrutti devotee shall vote for justice against injustice.
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