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the dead ef night.” This statement ef Maharaja Pariksit’s was very much
appreciated by Sukadeva Gesvami. The answer anticipates the abeminable
acts ef the Mayavadi impersenalists whe place themselves in the pesitien
ef Krsna and enjey the cempany ef yeung girls and wemen.

The basic Vedic injunctiens never allew a persen te enjey sex with any
weman except ene’s ewn wife. Krsna’s appreciatien ef the gopis appeared
te be distinctly in vielatien ef these rules. Maharaja Partksit understeed the
tetal situatien frem Sukadeva Gesvami, yet te further clear the transcen-
dental nature ef Krsna and the gopis in rasa dance, he expressed his
surprise. This is very impertant in erder te check the unrestricted assecia-
tien with wemen by the prakrta-sahajiya.

In his statement, Maharaja Pariksit has used several impertant werds
which require clarificatien. The first werd, jugupsitam, means abeminable.
The first deubt ef Maharaja Pariksit was as fellews: Lerd Krsna is the
Supreme Persenality ef Gedhead whe has advented: Himself te establish
religieus principles. Why then did He mix with ethers’ wives in the dead ef
night and enjey dancing, embracing and kissing? Accerding te the Vedic
injunctiens, this is net allewed. Alse, when the gopis first came te Him, He
gave instructiens te them te return te their hemes. Te call the wives ef
ether persens er yeung girls and enjey dancing with them is certainly
abeminable accerding te the Vedas. Why sheuld Krsna have dene this?

Anether werd used here is dptakama. Seme may take it fer granted that
Krsna was very lusty ameng yeung girls, but Pariksit Maharaja said that
this was net pessible. He ceuld net be lusty. First ef all, frem the material
calculatien He was only eight years old. At that age a bey cannet be lusty.
A ptakdma means that the Supreme Persenality ef Gedhead is self-satisfied.
Even if He were lusty, He deesn’t need te take help frem ethers te satisfy
His lusty desires. The next peint is that, altheugh net lusty Himself, He
might have been induced by the lusty desires ef the gopis. But Maharaja
Pariksit then used anether werd, yadu-pati, which indicates that Krsna is
the mest exalted persenality in the dynasty ef the Yadus. The kings in the
dynasty ef Yadu were censidered te be the mest pieus, and their descen-
dants were alse like that. Having taken birth in that family, hew ceuld
Krsna have been induced, even by the gopis? It is cencluded, therefere,
that it was net pessible fer Krsna te de anything abeminable. But Maharaja
Pariksit was in deubt as te why Krsna acted in that way. What was the real
purpese? Anether werd Maharaja Pariksit used when he addressed
Sukadeva Gesvami is suvrata, which means te take a vew te enact pleus
activities. Sukadeva Gosvami was an educated brahmacari, and under the
circumstances, it was net pessible fer him te indulge in sex. This is strictly
