6/ The Genealogical Table
of the Family of Krsna

Krsna had 16,108 wives, and in each of them He begot ten sons, all of
them equal to their father in the opulences of strength, beauty, wisdom,
fame, wealth and renunciation. “Like father like son.”’ All the 16,108
wives of Krsna were princesses, and when each saw that Krsna was always
present in her respective palace and did not leave home, they considered
Krsna to be a henpecked husband who was very much attached to them.
Every one of them thought that Krsna was her very obedient husband,
but actually Krsna had no attraction for any of them. Although each
thought that she was the only wife of Krsna and was very, very dear to
Him, Lord Krsna, since He is dtmarama, self-sufficient, was neither dear
nor inimical to any one of them; He was equal to all the wives and treated
them as a perfect husband just to please them. For Him, there was no need
for even a single wife. In fact, since they were women, the wives could not
understand the exalted position of Krsna nor the truths about Him.

All the princesses who were wives of Krsna were exquisitely beautiful,
and each one of them was attracted by Krsna’s eyes, which were just like
lotus petals, and by His beautiful face, long arms, broad ears, pleasing
smile, humorous talk and sweet words. Influenced by these features of
Krsna, they all used to dress themselves very attractively, desiring to attract
Krsna by their feminine bodily appeal. They used to exhibit their feminine
characteristics by smiling and moving their eyebrows, thus throwing
sharpened arrows of conjugal love just to awaken Krsna’s lusty desires for
them. Still, they could not arouse the mind of Krsna or His sex appetite.
This means that Krsna never had any sex relations with any of His many
wives, save and except to beget children.

The queens of Dvaraka were so fortunate that they got Lord Sri Krsna
as their husband and personal companion, although He is not approachable
by exalted demigods like Brahma. They remained together as husband and

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