Bhagavan-Shri Krishna
Sanskrit word for God is Bhagavan (Devanagari: भगवान् ISO15919: bhagavān). This blended word is made of 2 parts; bhag (भग) and van (वान). So the word bhagavan means the beholder (van) of unlimited divine powers (bhag).
Those divine powers together are called shad-aishwarya (Devanagari: षड-ऐश्वर्य ISO15919: ṣaḍa-aiśvarya)
ऐश्वर्यस्य समग्रस्य धर्मस्य यशसः श्रियः ।
ज्ञानवैराग्ययोश्चैव षण्णां भग इतीरणा ॥
aiśvaryasya samagrasya dharmasya yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ ।
jñānavairāgyayoścaiva ṣaṇṇāṁ bhaga itīraṇā ॥
"The six bhag are unlimited majesty, dharm, glory, prosperity, knowledge and detachment". |
The Six Divine Powers
Let us examine Shri Krishna for each of these 6 bhag.
Majesty
1. His majesty(Devanagari: ऐश्वर्य) is limitless. During His descension several times Shri Krishna revealed His ultimate divine form which is called virat swaroop (Devanagari: ). In that form innumerable brahmand and their respective governors – Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and millions of suns, moons, fire etc reside inside Him.
- When He was caught eating dirt at Brahmand Ghat in Gokul, Mother Yashoda saw His mighty form in His tiny mouth,
- Before the battle of Mahabharata, He went as a royal ambassador of Pandavas to the court of Kauravas in Hastinapur. There He revealed His divine form again.
- In the battlefield of Kurukshetra, during the battle of Mahabharata He bestowed divine sight to Arjuna and showed His divine enormous form.
- After the battle of Mahabharat, while returning back to Dwarika, on the way He revealed His divine form for Uttank Muni.
Only the Supreme God possesses the power to reveal His virat swaroop (enormous form).
Besides,
- When He was six days old He killed the ferocious demoness Pootana,
- He also killed many demons like Trinavart in His infancy and childhood.
- When Mother Yashoda tried to tie Him to a stone mortar, she tied all the ropes in Braj and yet they fell 1 inch short to tie His little body,
- He assumed millions of forms simultaneously at the time of Maharaas,
- On the way to Mathura, He revealed His form of Vishnu, sleeping on Shesh serpent to Akroor,
- Narad Ji saw Him with all the 16,108 queens at the same time,
- Eating two handful of puffed rice, He endowed 2 lokas to Sudama,
- When Draupadi was being disrobed by Dushasan, He descended as AMBARAVTAR (sari) to save her modesty
Righteousness
2. He capability to perform righteous deeds called Dharm is also limitless.
- As a son at the age of 11, He fulfilled His duty of liberating His parents from the jail. Cruel Kansa was holding them hostage.
- All the six sons of Devaki, who were killed by Kansa, were with Bali. He brought them back and returned them to Devaki.
- He mastered all the 64 branches of knowledge within 64 days.
- Sandipni Muni's sons had died. In order to pay the symbolic Guru dakchhina (recompense for imparted knowledge) He brought Guru’s dead son back from the Yamlok.
- He washed the feet of Sudama an ordinary Brahmin with His tears.
- He served the mother cows so much that he got an epithet as Gopal (protector of cows).
- Yudhishthir hosted Rajsooya Yagya. During that Shri Krishna, became the universal-servant. He washed the feet of all the invited Brahmins and also picked up their used leaf-plates (dishes).
Glory
3. Yash (Devanagari: यश ISO15919: yaśasa) means glory. Who can fathom the glory of Shri Krishna, who is venerated by the innumerable Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, Lord Shankar and also by celestial Gods and Godesses like Indra, Varun, Kuber etc !
All the great saints, since eternity, have been worshiping Shri Krishna; All the Jagadgurus (Shankaracharya, Nimbarkacharya, Ramanujacharya and Madhvacharya including the present Jagadgurutam Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj ), and the other famous Rasik saints – Hit Harvansh, Vyas, Lalit Kishori, Haridas, Nityanand, Roop Goswami etc. always worship Shri Krishna and sing His glories day and night!!
Even in western countries Thomas Carlyle of England, Ralph Baldo Emerson of America composed their philosophy according to the philosophy of Gita. A French author Jakolyat proved that the Holy Bible is written with the perspective of Gita.
Prosperity
4. Who can decisively measure the prosperity or Shri (Devanagari: श्री ISO15919: śrī) of the One whose consort is Maha Lakshmi and who can bestow ownership of two lokasto Sudama in a jiffy.
Knowledge
5. Who can fathom the knowledge or Gyan (Devanagari: ज्ञान ISO15919: jñāna) of the one who is capable of not just bestowing that divine knowledge but also grant the capability to understand it? He did that for Arjun in the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
He graced creator Brahma to understand the Vedas at the beginning of the creation.
Detachment
6. What can be said about the level of detachment or vairagya (Devanagari: वैराग्य ISO15919: vairāgya) of Shri Krishna? He is the one who despite killing Kansa, the ruler of Mathura, never desired to rule Mathura. He danced with 100 million Gopis yet remained self complacent, self - satisfied and was was not overcome by lust. He has 16,108 wives and with each wife He had 10 progeny. Then all of His 161,080 sons killed each other and yet He was not overcome by grief.
Shri Krishna is endowed with all these luxuries and in Him each of these bhag are found in unlimited quantity. That is why He is called shad-aishwarya-paripoorna (Devanagari: षड-ऐश्वर्य परिपूर्ण ISO15919: ṣaḍa-aiśvarya paripūrṇa).
The above mentioned shad-aishwarya are not even a drop of His real glory. But it is good enough to give us a hint of the 6 bhag in Him.
So, Jagadguruttam Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj asserts that Shri Krishna has all six bhag hence He is Bhagavan or God.
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