It has been more than 5000 years now since the Lord Krishna’s existence. Yet, even today people worship him with utter reverence and take his name with so much of adoration in their heart. Why? He had sixteen thousand queens and He lived a royal and luxurious worldly life. Yet, He is worshipped as God.

Lord Krishna is worthy of worship and that is why He is respected. One should not respect anyone who is not worthy of worship. Lord Krishna should be worshipped with respectful understanding and not just for the sake of worshipping.

Why do people around the world worship Shri Krishna so devoutly?

Shri Krishna was a Vasudev. What is a Vasudev? It means one is an enjoyer of everything yet is worthy of moksha. A Vasudev has extraordinary super human energies and accomplishments. They are so powerful that thousands of people can be moved to fear by mere look in their eyes.

Lord Krishna had sixteen thousand queens and yet he was a naishthik brahmachari. It means in him there was a constant inner intent of devotion towards celibacy (brahmacharya).

Although his unfolding karmas were that of non-celibacy, but his inner intent was pure and always in favor of celibacy. It is like if a man steals, but his constant inner intent is that of, ‘I do not want to steal,’ then he is said to have naishthik achauriya (inner intent of non-stealing). The inner intent decides what new karma is being bound for the life to come.

On the other hand, when a man makes a charitable contribution, but with the inner intent being, ‘I should take advantage of these people’, his donation will not pay off in the next life.

Everything that one sees and experiences through the five senses has no impact and is of no value as far as the karmic account of the next life is concerned. What is of significance is one’s inner intent; this has a direct impact in binding of new karma. The inner intent happens simultaneously during all overt and external activities.

God (i.e. the pure Soul) manifested in Lord Krishna and this is how from Nar (an ordinary human being), he became Narayan (God)!!!

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Author's Bio: 

Ambalal M. Patel was a civil contractor by profession. In June 1958, spontaneous Self-Realization occurred within Ambalal M. Patel. From this point on, Ambalal became a Gnani Purush, and the Lord that manifested within him became known as Dada Bhagwan. A Gnani Purush is One who has realized the Self and is able to help others do the same. Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan used to go from town to town and country-to-country to give satsang (spiritual discourse) and impart the knowledge of the Self, as well as knowledge of harmonious worldly interactions to everyone who came to meet him. This spiritual science, known as Akram Vignan, is the step-less path to Self-realization.