When Krishna never leaves Vrindavan how is he present in all the Deities all over the world?
From Saurabh P
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Thank you. Question from Sourav Prabhu.
When it is said that Krishna never takes even one step out of Vrindavan, then how can we say that Krishna is manifesting as all the deities in all the temples all over the world? Answer, this is a statement of Rasa mixed up with a statement of Tattva. The statement of Rasa is aesthetic mellow. It’s a matter of relishing.
So, from the point of view of sweet relishing, Krishna loves the Vrindavan Rasa so much that he never leaves Vrindavan for anything in this world and that is the understanding from the Vrindavan point of view and from the point of view of Krishna having many manifestations. There is Vasudev Krishna and there is Vrindavan Krishna. So, Vrindavan Krishna never leaves Vrindavan.
All the Vasudev Krishna will never leave Vrindavan. So, now this aspect of there being Vasudev Krishna and there being Vrindavan Krishna, this is an aspect that has to be understood as a matter of Rasa. Now, a matter of Rasa doesn’t mean that this is not a truth but it is a truth that is differentiated based on the particular Rasa in which the devotee is relishing.
So, as far as Tattva is concerned, philosophical truth, when Krishna is omnipotent and Krishna can do anything and everything. So, Krishna when his presence is invoked by the devotees through their sincere devotion as expressed in the Pranapratishtha, then Krishna manifests as the Deity and when he manifests as the Deity at that time he offers everyone everywhere the opportunity to access him, to love him and to gradually return, purify himself and return back to him. So, that Krishna is manifest in all the Deities all over the world, this is the statement that is based on the philosophical understanding of Krishna’s all-pervasiveness and Krishna’s omnipotence to make that all-pervasiveness manifest even to the sadhaka through the Deity form and Krishna never leaving Vrindavan is a matter of Rasa.
So, there is the manifestation of Krishna called Vrindavan Krishna who rejoices in the Vrindavan in the Vraja Rasa in the devotion of the Rajavasis so much that he never left Vrindavan that is said but at the same time it is also said that I am present everywhere in my unmanifested form and that unmanifested form becomes manifest through the Deity also. Thank you.