Is parakiya rasa present eternally in the spiritual world?
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Thank you. Question is there Parthiras permanently in the spiritual world? Radha and Krishna never united. Are institutions like marriage meant more for the material world? Answer with respect to the spiritual world, it is very difficult to accurately discern the nature of that world because in general, there are not many explicit statements saying this is how things are in the spiritual world.
What we more generally have is a description of the past times of the Lord and there are some statements about the nature of the spiritual world no doubt but then those statements also have to be seen in context because there are statements which seem to say other things also at other places in the scripture. So, I wouldn’t personally get too invested in either kind of statement this or that. With respect to the nature of the spiritual world.
Having said that, it is important to also recognize that the principle of love is universal. Now, how that principle is to be applied in different contexts, is to be manifested in different contexts varies. So, are Jatila and Kaila Kutila eternal characters in the spiritual world? It does seem they are.
And if they are, then their role seems to be to oppose Krishna’s to, in a loving mood, create an opposition for the loving interaction, loving reciprocation between Krishna and his and the Gopis, especially Radharani and thereby enhance the flavor of the love. So, in one sense, if you say, Krishna is God, but the spiritual world, if you consider it to be like a drama, a Natya, then in this Natya, Krishna does not act like God. But still he remains God, even if he doesn’t act like God.
So, in the same spirit, Krishna and Radha Krishna are eternally united as the divine couple. That is the Tattva. But if you consider it to be like a drama, then in this drama, basically, it’s a couple who is married in real life playing the role of unwed love, unwed lovers in the drama.
So, that is the broad understanding. So, it is just for Rasa that Tattva is abiding. So, in Tattva, Radha and Krishna are eternally united as and the Gopis and Krishna in general are eternally united as in a bond of the purest love and the greatest sanctity.
What marriage can sanctify a relationship in the world? Krishna and Radha’s relationship is far higher than even that. But still, specifically, for the enhancement of love, just like Krishna’s divinity is not manifested, similarly, is subordinated for the restitution of Rasa, similarly, Radha Krishna’s eternal loving relationship is subordinated for the purpose of Rasa.