Krishna and The Miracle at Mount Govardhan

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events leading to rising of Mount Govardhan, and
how it was a pivotal point in Krishnas life.
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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
For the people of

Gokula, this event
was a 100%
confirmation that
Krishna was God
himself. For Krishna
also, there was no
looking back after
this event.
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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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
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
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 a
few 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. For

Krishna 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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Krishna and the

Nov 12, 2015

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

For the people of

struck Gokula. It happened a little

Krishna, Balarama and a few

At that moment, the

mountain rose about six feet off

Krishna was God himself. For

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Image courtesy: Shahadin from Wikipedia.

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