‘Sri Krishna is the Lord Himself’. To think of Him as a yogi, vairagi (dispassionate one), and so on are minor aspects of the infinite Lord. So, we will think of Him and meditate on Him as God. Then whatever He does is seen only as His divine sport (lila) and not as actions (karma) of an individual (jiva).

So, do not try and copy what He does. One may say ‘Sri Krishna has 16,008 wives. Is it wrong if I have two?’ Can we make even one fully happy? Remember the Lord kept all of them happy and manifested as many forms of Himself so each had her own Krishna. Can we do so?

Sri Krishna drank poison. We, on the other hand, fall sick with food poisoning! Sri Krishna had no ego. Even though He was the king of Dwarka, He willingly drove Arjuna’s chariot.

Sri Krishna did not follow manava maryada – human laws, but He did follow dharma maryada. He lived according to the laws of dharma which of course is the highest.

What is lila? Everything that a child does is called his lila or play (sishu lila). It is free of all notion of doership. What is acted out on the stage in a drama is also called lila. Therefore, what Krishna did was His lila. He assumed a human form and acted out His own scripted role without any notion of doership or enjoyership.

It is important to understand that Sri Krishna’s divine sports are meant to detach our mind from worldly preoccupations and develop love for God. Even those who hated Him thought of Him day and night. This is exactly what He wants. Even the single-pointed hatred towards God blesses that person, then what to talk of single-pointed love for Him!