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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
the dead • f night.” This statement • f Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s was very much appreciated by Śukadeva Gosvamī. The answer anticipates the abominable acts • f the Māyāvādī impersonalists who place themselves in the position • f Krṣṇa and enjoy the company • f young girls and women.
The basic Vedic injunctions never allow a person to enjoy sex with any woman except one’s own wife. Krṣṇa’s appreciation • f the  gopīs  appeared to be distinctly inviolation • f these rules. Mahārāja Parīkṣit understood the total situation from Śukadeva Gosvamī, yet to further clear the transcendental nature • f Krṣṇa and the  gopīs  in  rāsa  dance, he expressed his surprise. This is very important in order to check the unrestricted association with women by the  prakṛta-sahajiyā .
In his statement, Mahārāja Parīkṣit has used several important words which require clarification. The first word,  jugupsitam , means abominable. The first doubt • f Mahārāja Parīkṣit was as follows: Lord Krṣṇa is the Supreme Personality • f Godhead who has advented Himself to establish religious principles. Why then did He mix with others’ wives in the dead • f night and enjoy dancing, embracing and kissing? According to the Vedic injunctions, this is not allowed. Also, when the  gopīs  first came to Him, He gave instructions to them to return to their homes. To call the wives • f other persons or young girls and enjoy dancing with them is certainly abominable according to the  Vedas . Why should Krṣṇa have done this?
Another word used here is  āptakāma . Some may take it for granted that Krṣṇa was very lusty among young girls, but Parīkṣit Mahārāja said that this was not possible. He could not be lusty. First • f all, from the material calculation He was only eight years old. At that age a boy cannot be lusty.  Āptakāma  means that the Supreme Personality • f Godhead is self-satisfied. Even if He were lusty, He doesn’t need to take help from others to satisfy His lusty desires. The next point is that, although not lusty Himself, He might have been induced by the lusty desires • f the  gopīs . But Mahārāja Parīkṣit then used another word,  yadu-pati , which indicates that Krṣṇa is the most exalted personality in the dynasty • f the Yadus. The kings in the dynasty • f Yadu were considered to be the most pious, and their descendants were also like that. Having taken birth in that family, how could Krṣṇa have been induced, even by the  gopīs ? It is concluded, therefore, that it was not possible for Krṣṇa to do anything abominable. But Mahārāja Parīkṣit was in doubt as to  why  Krṣṇa acted in that way. What was the real purpose? Another word Mahārāja Parīkṣit used when he addressed Śukadeva Gosvamī is  suvrata , which means to take a vow to enact pious activities. Śukadeva Gosvamī was an educated  brahmacārī , and under the circumstances, it was not possible for him to indulge in sex. This is strictly