|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 296 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  147

Jayathi  Jananivaso Devaki Janmavadho | Yadhuvara Parishathaisvardhorbirasyana Dharmam | Sthira Chara Vrajinaghan: Susmitha Srimukhena| Vrajapuravanithanam Vardhayan Kamadevam ||

Shuka Bhramam speaks “Oh! Rajan, Thus, Lord Krishna and sixteen thousand and one hundred wives lived a blissful married life, in the richness of the Dwaraka, they have performed various amusements, water sports with the most charming Krishna who assumed sixteen thousand and one hundred forms and lived happily with his wives. 

The wives of Krishna were so attached to him, so they often experienced the pain of separation from him while he falls asleep after the performance of amorous sport with them, and they converse with the Cuckoo “ Oh! Cuckoo, why did you make chirping noise in the early hours of dawn, how did Krishna get to sleep? He would be taking pleasure in the company of us in the late night, so do not wake him up in the early morning with your chirping sound.  Are you feeling the same pain of separation as us while he falls asleep? Oh! Chakravaki, why are you shedding tears? What happened to you? Are you Dasi of Krishna? I could trace out tears from the corner of your eyes. Are you shedding tears of pain from the separation of him? Oh! Ocean, why are you keeping awake with the pack of restless tides? Are you feeling the pain of separation from Mukunda? Oh! Lord Chandra, are you sick? What happened to you is that because of the pain of separation from Krishna? Oh! Lord Vayu, you are bringing rich fragrant breeze, and enhancing the pain of cupid of arrows in us, we are already soaked in the thought of the pleasure of amorous sport with him.  Oh! Clouds, you are a close companion of Krishna, are you contemplating the Srivathsa on the chest of Lord Krishna? Are you showering rains like tears due to the pain of separation from Yadhavendhra? Oh! Kokila, are you trying to pacify us with your sweet melodious songs?  Your marvelous music relieves us from the pain of separation from him.  Oh! Mountain, you are firm in a place, are you waiting for the footsteps of Krishna on your bosom like peaks? Oh! King of oceans, all the rivers merge in you and you are anxiously waiting for their arrival, same as we are waiting for the union with the Supreme Lord Krishna who is fast asleep.  Oh! Swan, you are unblemished and serene, you are favorite of Krishna, therefore kindly tell us more about Krishna and make us happier.”  In this way, the wives of Krishna were relentlessly thought of their husband.  Lord Krishna provided Dharma, Artha, and the Kama to all his wives, and took great pleasure in their company and made them happy.  These couple had several children, while the destruction of the entire clan of Yadhavas with the iron rod, the Dwakara submerged in water.   Vajranabha who was born to Anirudhdha and granddaughter of Rukmi has remained on the Earth. 

The Supreme Lord Krishna was incarnated on the Earth to remove the wickedness of the souls and elevate them to the supreme Lord.  He elevated the virtuous and pious souls and the wicked souls fought each other and brought their own destruction.  The Supreme Lord incarnated as the son of Devi Devaki and Vasudeva in the Yadhu clan had the splendor that excelled sacred river Ganga, along with Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi elevated the liberated souls.  Victory to that supreme Lord who resides as a soul in the living beings! Victory to that supreme Lord who was incarnated as the son of Devi Devaki! Victory to the supreme Lord who showered compassionate grace on Vrajeshwaris!  Whoever takes shelter at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord will not have birth again, whoever listening or reciting the glorious myths of supreme Lord and contemplate upon it would get relieved from miseries and sorrows, eventually, attains the supreme abode.

In this legend, the sixteen thousands of wives of Krishna represent the various thoughts that come across the mind, it constantly remembers his eternal presence as soul, he is the source of all those thought processes, the flock of fruitful and  unwanted thought as well.  The ultimate object of the soul is the constant remembrance of the Supreme Lord who resides as soul, which is the source of all those thought processes.