Krishn's bliss

Man suffers; God is in eternal bliss. Misery and turmoil are part of worldly existence, while bliss reigns in Vaikunth, Krishn's abode. The soul longs for union with the Supreme Soul. God, ever blissful, descends into the world to uphold righteousness and destroy evil.

The living being, composed of prakriti, is matter. Man goes to the temple, offers flowers and vastra, and offers prayers to the deity representing God. The body eventually dies and dissolves into matter. Krishn, the Supreme, transcends the three gunas of maya. He is Divine.

Matter, the embodied soul, reaches God's transcendental abode by attaining moksh. Krishn was born in a prison cell, under threat of death. Raised as a cowherd, he performed acts beyond mortal comprehension, for instance, lifting Govardhan Hill on his little finger to protect the villagers from Indra's wrath.


Krishn tried to prevent the Mahabharata war, negotiating with Duryodhan for just five villages. Duryodhan refused. In battle, Krishn was unarmed, serving as Arjun's charioteer. Here, transcendence revealed itself. In the Vishwarup Darshan, Krishn showed Arjun that the Kaurav warriors were already slain, and Arjun was but an instrument of God. Matter and transcendence met in this revelation - Krishn as cousin, friend and charioteer, yet Supreme.

By following any of the hundred- plus pathways to moksh in Gita, man crosses the ocean of samsara and reaches Vaikunth, the realm of divine bliss. Matter and the Divine are intertwined forever.