If Brahma is a pure devotee, how can he be bewildered?
From: Labanya Behera
Prabhuji,if Bramha is also one of the 12 Mahajanas,then how can he be bewildered by Krishna’s childhood pastimes(Bramha Bimohan Lila) being a pure devotee….
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Question from Labanya Behra Prabhu.
If Brahma is also one of the twelve Mahajanas, then how can he be bewildered by Krishna’s childhood pastimes? Brahma Vimohanlila, being a pure devotee. Answer. Yes, Brahmaji is an exalted devotee, is one of the Mahajanas.
But the Yogamaya is so powerful that Yogamaya can bewilder anyone and everyone. So, it can bewilder even the greatest devotees. But their bewilderment is not like our bewilderment.
When we are bewildered, we are under the influence of Mahamaya, whereas if they are bewildered, actually it is a special arrangement of the Lord. Just like if an ordinary person jumps down from a ten-story building, probably he will die or at least he’ll have a bad fracture. But if in a movie, a hero jumps down from a ten-story building, that is a stunt and that is appreciated and lauded and that becomes a part of a movie.
So, like that, Krishna’s leela are like a not a drama in the sense that they are false, but they are a leela in the sense that they are the highest reciprocation of love. So, even if somebody commits an apparent mistake, that mistake also becomes a part of leela through which Krishna teaches that devotee and more importantly through him, Krishna teaches the whole world. So, it is certainly possible that by the arrangement of the Lord, even great souls can become bewildered.
But the important thing is that for them the bewilderment is temporary and they immediately recognize their mistake and they start engaging in devotional service again. So, in the Bhagavatam itself, in the 12th chapter of the 8th canto, there is the example of Lord Shiva getting bewildered by Parvati and therein he explains that first he gets bewildered and after he is brought back to normal consciousness, then he glorifies Lord Krishna, Lord Vishnu and he says nobody could have bewildered me, but only you could have bewildered me. This proves how great you are, that your greatness is far greater than mine and he actually glorifies the Lord for that.
So, that indicates that it was not a fall in the sense of the word that a person became against Krishna, but that experience increased the understanding of the glory of Krishna. So, that’s how actually it is something which is going to lead to instruction for the world and to a greater glorification of the Lord. So, Brahmaji also after the bewilderment, when he offers extraordinary prayers, he reveals his profound humility, his lofty realizations and his deep understanding of Krishna tattva.
So, basically the apparent fall of the great devotees are the arrangement of Krishna through his personal energy yoga maya for the purpose of illuminating the world in the deeper