Pranam, Accept my Polite thread with light hearted..
There are many views among us on Shri Krishna. There's always a big battle between Dvaitians and Advaitians on the subject of Krishna's Body. Dvaitians claim that krishna's form itself is Brahman while Advaitians claim Krishna's true nature which is formless is Brahman. However Advaitians give many incidences from Mahabharata where Krishna's body was hurted with flowing blood. So they say how can there be blood if Krishna's body itself is Brahman? Such so many arguments. Some think Krishna had a spiritual body while other think Krishna's body was physical but was spiritualised [ Sat-Chit-Ananda Vigraha ] and some poor atheists think that Krishna was just a person and had a physical body. Ignore them
From Vishnu-Purana
== How Krishna actually left his body ==
भगवानपि गोविन्दो वासुदेवात्मकं परं |
ब्रह्मात्मनि समारोप्य सर्वभुतेश्वधारयत |
निष्प्रपन्चे महाभाग संयोज्यात्मान्मात्मनि |
तुर्यवस्थं सलिलं च शेते स्म पुरुषोत्तमः || Vishnu Purana 5.37.66
" Thus Bhagavan Krishna too, by attributing himself in ParaBrahman, put all living beings in himself. Then by merging his self in Pure Atma, he, who is best among men, established himself in Turya-State [ which is beyond waking-dreaming-dreamless sates] with ease.
गते तस्मिन्स भगवन्सन्योज्यात्मनि |
ब्रह्मभूत अव्ययः अचिन्त्ये वासुदेवमये अमले || 5.37.74
अजन्मन्यमरे विष्णावप्रमेये अखिलात्मनि |
तत्याज मानुषं देहं अतीत्य त्रिविधां गतिम् || 5.37.75
"Then the illustrious Krishńa, having united himself with pure, spiritual, inexhaustible, inconceivable, unborn, undecaying, imperishable, and universal spirit, which is one with Vishnu, abandoned his mortal human body by crossing over the condition of the threefold qualities"
== What happened after he merged in Brahman ==
पराशर उवाच :
अर्जुनोऽपि तदान्विष्य रामकृष्णकलेवरे
संस्कारं लम्भयामास तथान्येषांनुक्रमात || Vishnu Purana 5.38.1
"ARJUNA having found the bodies of Krishńa and of [Bala]Rama, performed for them, and the rest of the slain, the obsequial rites [Death Rights]"
अष्टौ महिष्यः कथिता रुक्मिनिप्रमुखास्तु या: |
उपगुह्य हरेर्देहं विविशुस्ता हुताशनम् || 5.38.2
रेवती चापि रामस्य देहामाश्लिष्य सत्तमा |
विवेश ज्वलितं वन्हिं तत्सन्गा अल्हादशीतलम् || 5.38.3
"The eight queens of Krishńa, who have been named, with Rukmini at their head, embraced the body of Hari, and entered the funeral fire [Sati] . Revati also, embracing the corpse of Rama, entered the blazing pile, which was cool to her, happy in contact with her lord. Hearing these events, Ugrasena and Anakadundubhi, with Devaki and Rohini, committed themselves to the flames . The last ceremonies were performed for all these by Arjuna, who then made all the people leave the city, and took Vajra with him.
I'm here giving couple of verses from Bhagavata Purana as well which mentions that krishna really gave up his body of Krishna-Form. It supports that Krishna is something different from his krishna-form.
ययाहरद् भुवो भारं तां तनुं विजहावजः ।
कण्टकं कण्टकेनेव द्वयं चापीशितुः समम् ॥ Bhagavta Purana 1.15.३४ ॥
: " From which body Krishna took away burden of the earth was left by Krishna, even as removing a thorn by another thorn. For Ishwara both ( bodies of others and his body itself ) are same "
यथा मत्स्यादिरूपाणि धत्ते जह्याद् यथा नटः ।
भूभारः क्षपितो येन जहौ तच्च कलेवरम् ॥ ३५ ॥
: " Even as he acquires fish like forms and then gives up, he gave up that body with which he removed the burden on the earth. "
EDITED: More proofs/Verses from Vishnu Purana are added in #25 post. Check it out.
Share your views of how you perceive this. What do you think? Did Krushna give up his body? Is Krishna different from his Body? Is he originally formless Brahman?
Thus Ends. Thank You.
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