Category:God's Marriage
Theme Analysis
The philosophical essence of this category explores the divine marriages of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which serve to teach human society the highest moral principles and simultaneously demonstrate His unlimited opulence. When the Lord descends as Lord Rāmacandra, He perfectly exemplifies the duties of an ideal husband. By accepting only one wife, mother Sītā, and fighting an entire war to protect and rescue her, He establishes the strict moral principle of monogamy and the absolute duty of a husband to offer uncompromising protection. Conversely, when the Lord appears as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, He exhibits His supreme power of enjoyment and absolute self-sufficiency by marrying sixteen thousand queens simultaneously. Although these activities may appear contradictory to mundane logic, they perfectly illustrate the Lord's absolute nature. Furthermore, the Vedic literatures reveal the intricate orchestrations behind these divine pastimes, noting the eternal associates who act as matchmakers across different yugas to facilitate the Lord's marriages.
- The Ideal Husband: Lord Rāmacandra sets the highest moral standard for householders by maintaining a strict vow of monogamy and going to extreme lengths to rescue and protect His wife.
- The Duty of Protection: The Vedic system of protection is highlighted through these pastimes; a woman is sheltered by her father before marriage and fiercely protected by her husband afterward.
- Demonstrating Supreme Opulence: As Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord exhibits His limitless capacity for enjoyment and His transcendental opulence by marrying sixteen thousand princesses at once, a feat impossible for any ordinary human being.
- Reconciling Divine Contradictions: The Lord's actions—such as fleeing the battlefield out of apparent fear yet marrying thousands of women—seem contradictory to the mundane mind but are perfectly resolved when one understands His absolute, self-sufficient nature.
- Eternal Matchmakers: The Lord's intimate associates eternally serve Him by orchestrating His divine marriages. For example, the same exalted soul acted as the marriage-maker for Lord Rāmacandra, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and Lord Caitanya.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Marriage as an Example to Set the Moral Standard and Display Supreme Opulence.
Pages in category "God's Marriage"
The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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- After His (Ramacandra's) marriage He accepted exile in the forest for fourteen years by the order of His father, Maharaja Dasaratha
- Although the SPG is time, fearful to everyone, He flees Mathura in fear of His enemy to take shelter in a fort; and although He is self-sufficient, He marries 16,000 women. These pastimes seem like bewildering contradictions, even to the most intelligent
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- He (Vanamali Ghataka) was formerly Visvamitra, who negotiated the marriage of Lord Ramacandra, and later he was the brahmana who negotiated the marriage of Krsna with Rukmini. That same brahmana acted as the marriage-maker of Lord in caitanya-lila
- Here (in SB 9.10.11) the words vaideha-raja-duhitari indicate that before mother Sita was married to Lord Ramacandra she was protected by her father, Vaideha-raja. And when she was married she was protected by her husband
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- Since the demons could understand that the beautiful girl (Mohini-murti) was still unmarried, every one of them desired to marry Her. Thus they inquired - Whose daughter are You
- Sitadevi was kidnapped. Ramacandra is the Supreme Lord; He could have married many thousands of Sita. But as the dutiful husband, to rescue one wife He killed the whole family of Ravana. This is protection
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- The Lord of the ritualistic performance of yajna later married Daksina, who was anxious to have the Personality of Godhead as her husband, and in this wife the Lord was also very much pleased to beget twelve children
- The Personality of Godhead Sri Rama displayed such a spirit of chivalry during His marriage. He broke the strongest bow, called Haradhanur, and achieved the hand of Sitadevi, the mother of all opulence
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- When He (God) so descends He proves how much greater is His ability to enjoy, and He exhibits His power of enjoyment by (for instance) marrying sixteen thousand wives at once
- When mother Sita was kidnapped by Ravana and the Raksasas, Lord Ramacandra, as the SP of Godhead, could have married hundreds and thousands of Sitas, but to teach us how faithful He was to His wife, He fought with Ravana and finally killed him
- When Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, He never married again. Or when Sita was sent to the forest for public opinion, He never married again. He remained a sticked to, stuck to only one wife because He was setting example, moral principle, to the world