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KRISHNA, GOSVĀMIN-LORD OF COWS
A symbol of the Higher Self, supreme over the
buddhic emotions (cows).
“Krishna, the ‘dark god’—the most popular of all the later deities
of India. This incarnation of Vishnu, at the end of the Dvapara or
third age of the world, as the eighth son of Vasu‑deva and Devaki of
the Lunar race, was for the destruction of Kansa the representative
of the principle of evil, corresponding to Ravana in the previous
incarnation." - Mon. Williams, Indian Wisdom, p. 334.
The “dark god” signifies the latency at first of the indwelling Self
who proceeds from the Divine Archetype (Vasudeva) and Mother‑matter
(Devaki) in order to overcome the lower principle or desire‑nature
(Kansa) in the human soul. The Archetypal Man is perfected at the
end of the period of involution (third age). The “eighth son”
indicates preparatory states of soul completed (seven) prior to the
birth of the Self. The “lunar race” refers to the growth of the
astral mechanism of the desires on the globes of the lunar chain.
“Among the Pancarâtras Krishna was the supreme Atman; his brother
Balarama was the jiva, the individual soul; his son, Pradyumna,
represented the manas perceptive sense; and Aniruddha his grandson,
the ahamkâra, self‑consciousness. In like manner, the amours of
Krishna and the shepherdesses become, among the Vishnuites, the
allegorical expression of the relations of the soul with God.” - A.
Barth, Rel. of India, p. 218.
The Higher Self (Krishna or Atman), the Individuality or Spiritual
ego (Balarama or jiva), the lower Self (Pradyumna), and the
Personality (Aniruddha or the ahamkâra), with its sense of
separateness and self‑conscious feeling, constitute the leading
aspects of the Soul. The “shepherdesses” signify the higher emotions
on the buddhic plane, which harmonise with, and surround, the
central ideal of Love and Truth.
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