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Krishna and theMiracle at Mount

Govardhan

Sadhguru looks at the circumstances behind the

events leading to rising of Mount Govardhan, and

how it was a pivotal point in Krishnas life.

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For the people of

Gokula, this eventwas a 100%

confirmation that

Krishna was God

himself. For Krishna

also, there was no

looking back after

this event.

Sadhguru looks at the circumstances behind the events leading to rising of

Mount Govardhan, and how it was a pivotal point in Krishnas life.

Sadhguru: Even when Krishna was told about the truth of his birth,

and the mission of his life, because of his love for Gokula and the

gopis and gopas, somewhere, his mind was still struggling. Should

I really forsake what I know and love right now for some faraway

mission, was his dilemma. Within himself he was still looking for

a sign of confirmation to indicate to him that what he had realized

and been reminded of, is worth forsaking all that he loves.

This was when a furious storm

struck Gokula. It happened a little

while after Krishnas revolutionary

act of dropping Indrotsav and

starting the Gopotsav. The storm

picked up great violence and

torrents of rain fell. The Yamuna

overflowed and Gokula was

flooded. These simple people

believed that because they had not

celebrated Indrotsav, Indra the god

of rain was angry with them and

would drown them with his

torrents. The rising waters of the

Yamuna were creating a very

dangerous situation for everyone.

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At that moment, the

whole mountain

rose about six feet

off the ground.

Krishna himself says

that he could not

initially grasp the

immensity of what

Krishna, Balarama and a few

friends of his started looking for some place where they could take

all the people and protect them. Krishna, during his jaunts in

Govardhan, came to the know the terrain well and he had noticed

some openings in the mountain. So, he took the youth of Gokula

there and they started moving some boulders to make more space,

and they discovered that there was a huge cavern inside.

With great difficulty, and especially using the might of Balarama,

they started moving the boulders one by one and opened up the

cavern. When the people of Gokula saw so much brisk activity, they

all came to see what was happening and they saw the cavern. It was

like a miraculous escape for them, and everyone including the

animals went in. But the cavern wasnt large enough to

accommodate them all.

At that moment, the whole

mountain rose about six feet off

the ground. Krishna himself says

that he could not initially grasp the

immensity of what was happening.

The cavern became big enough for

the whole population, including the

animals. They stayed there for afew days comfortably, till the

floods went down.

For the people of Gokula, this event

was a 100% confirmation that

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was happening. Krishna was God himself. ForKrishna also, there was no looking

back after this event. He was

crystal clear about what he needed

to do with his life. That is what

gave him such strength that though he immensely loved the people

and especially Radhe, with whom he was involved to a point where

he wanted to marry her, he decided to walk away and carry on the

purpose of his life.

Once he had decided to leave, Krishna organized one last

unscheduled Rasa. It was not a full moon but he wanted to just

dance and sing with his people one last time. Radhe just worked

herself into such a frenzy of ecstasy and bliss within herself. She

transcended the normal limitations of emotion and became so

ecstatic and wild-eyed that nothing mattered to her. Krishna went

to her, pulled out his flute from his waistband and gave it to her.

This flute is only for you. No more flute for me. Krishna was very

proud of his flute and his flute was absolutely mesmerizing. If he

played, people, cows and animals just gathered. When he was a

little boy he proudly says, I am the best flute player in the village.

He could melt and mesmerize any kind of person, even animals

responded to his flute. But he gave away his flute to Radhe and from

that day on, Radhe started playing the flute like Krishna. Krishna

never again played the flute.

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