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INTRODUCTION
Call of the Flute
The love that the Gopis bore towards Krishna was a divine love. It was the union of souls. It is no union of sexes. It is the aspiration of the Jivatman to merge in Paramatman. It is the blending of the individual soul with the Supreme Soul.
The Gopis were the sages of Dandaka forest in their previous births. They wished to embrace Lord Rama. They were promised satisfaction in the later Avatara. They got blended into the Paramatman in the Krishna Avatara.
O Lord Krishna! O Master-musician of the three worlds! Will you not play once again the same flute at this critical juncture, when there is chaos everywhere and infuse new life of divine love and joy?
O Lord! Let us hear once more that alluring music of the flute which stilled and calmed the vibrations and agitations of animated creatures,that divine melody which moved in animate objects, that celestial music which brought to the banks of Yamuna the flying birds, wandering cows, roaming deer and made them gaze at Thee, forgetful of themselves.
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