Krishna went to Kubja to satisfy her desires – how to understand?

From Raja Parikshit Prabhu

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great Krishna question from Rajpanchit Kujya approached Krishna with lusting desires and Krishna Krishna went to her and satisfied her so what does that exactly mean and how do you understand it because it seems quite sensual and materialistic at one level answer there is a transcendental reality of which the material world is a reflection which as Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that this world is like an upside down banyan tree so whatever is there in this world at least the essential things are present in the spiritual world also, in fact they are present in the spiritual world because of which they are present here so the male-female duality the male-female attraction is present in the spiritual world and it is present in the material world also and what makes the male it is not that the male-female attraction itself is impure it is the misidentification on which the male-female attraction is based that is impure that means when we think of ourselves as a body we think of someone else as a member of as a sexually attractive object and then we base a relationship based on that then that causes illusion and entanglement in the spiritual world there are forms which are non-different from the person so Krishna is this body we are not our body Krishna is this body there is no difference between Krishna and his body and same applies to his eternal associates who have eternal spiritual forms so their their relationship, their mutual attraction it is meant to internally it is meant for internally reciprocating loving relationships so when Krishna reciprocates love of his devotees at a transcendental level that actually should increase our faith yes, yes, this world is indeed a reflection and instead of getting attracted to the reflection let me get attracted to the reality otherwise spiritual life just simply involves rejecting the mango that is reflected but not telling us, not showing us the true mango so Krishna by demonstrating his mother’s pastimes shows us the true mango now when Krishna comes to this material world, now we may say all this is fine when Krishna reciprocating love with his devotees but what about somebody like Krishna who is coming with lusty desires from Krishna’s point of view there is no difference between material and spiritual for him there is only one energy and depending on the way the soul approaches Krishna reciprocates so we see this Krishna’s auspicious nature in the way he may kill demons and that may at the material level seem very brutal but even in the killing of demons he is delivering them and he is offering them supreme benediction just as Krishna can do a violent activity and still that violent activity is actually benevolent similarly similarly Krishna can do an activity which seems to be like a lusty activity going to Kumbhaja’s house to satisfy her but Krishna remains pure apavapavittham is completely pure and further as the supremely pure person Krishna while doing an activity that seems impure can not only stay pure but can also purify others so that’s what is the omnipotence of Krishna now yes such activities can be misunderstood and to avoid misunderstanding we need to clearly understand the philosophy of Krishna consciousness it is very important for us to understand Krishna’s position before we understand his action just like a customer may go to a brothel for self gratification and in that same brothel a doctor may go to treat the person over there treat the prostitute over there from the external point of view both may be males and both may be going to the same place but the purpose for which they are going are very different and that can be understood when one knows who the person is so when one understands this is a doctor and this doctor is going to treat someone then after knowing the position when we see the action then we can understand the action properly but if we try to see the action and then evaluate this person went to a brothel how can that person be up to any good no then we will misunderstand so similarly Krishna says that need to understand his karma his activities in truth so by understanding Krishna’s position and then looking at his action so Krishna is going to Kubja does he need to go to her to satisfy his own desires no he has queens he has gopis if at all we are looking at Krishna at a material level then at the very simplest level the bhaagvatam gives us the reasoning that how can that person by meditating on whom by chanting whose names we become free from lust or at least our lust decreases that is something which anyone who practices bhakti yoga chants Krishna’s names can experience so how can that person whose very recollection decreases the lust in someone how is it that person can be motivated or dragged around by lust so Krishna is free from all selfish desires and when Krishna does any activity it is for purifying and benedicting others also so he does that by his practice of by his omnipotence so rather than looking at the externals whether it is in terms of killing a demon or going to society girl’s house we should know that Krishna’s position is always transcendental and his intention is always benevolent and with that philosophical understanding with that when we see Krishna’s actions then we won’t