09 Jul 2023
[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: You said that the weight of love of Draupadi was more than the sweet bonds of God Krishna. Then, why didn't Draupadi go to Goloka?]
Swami replied:- Gopikas were sages and Draupadi was the incarnation of Goddess Parvati, who treated God Vishnu as her brother. Hence, Draupadi also treated Krishna as her brother. Even the five Pandavas are the five faces of God Shiva. The God components of Pandavas and Draupadi merged with their original sources i.e., God Shiva and Goddess Parvati. The human being components of Pandavas and Draupadi have followed their own cycles of deeds and fruits. In these cases, there is no spiritual effort and upliftment. The sages were engaged in spiritual effort (penance) for several births. The passed Gopikas (liberated Sages) went to Goloka as per their spiritual fruit. They were very particular of the total Krishna (human being component + God component). Hence, Krishna as a total personality (human being component + God component) went to Goloka along with Radha and the passed Gopikas. Radha also as a total personality (human being component + God component) went to Goloka due to the wishes of both Krishna and Radha. Hence, after the drama in this world, God will take His own decisions regarding His further program. The aspirants of spiritual fruit get their ultimate fruit due to their spiritual effort with the help of the drama played by God here.
In order to focus the important concept, God arranges a divine play in which He Himself plays in different roles. His devoted and liberated souls also play some suitable roles. The focused concept is to be taken by the human spiritual aspirants. In a college, different professors (God in different roles) along with assisting tutors and demonstrators (liberated souls) conduct the teaching program. The lot benefitted by this is the student community that appears for the examinations and receives the result of pass or failure. The teaching community is not linked to the examination and its result. We are part and parcel of the students and not the teaching community. Here, the sages as Gopikas are students whereas Draupadi is a member of the teaching staff. We should concentrate on the final result of the divine play and not on the teaching staff and their benefits. Goloka is the result of distinction meant for sages and is not concerned with a teacher like Draupadi.
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