Category:Influence of Yogamaya
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the Supreme Lord directs two specific energies: mahāmāyā, which governs the material world through illusion and forgetfulness, and yogamāyā, the internal spiritual potency that facilitates intimate relationships with the Lord. While mahāmāyā keeps the living entity bound to material existence, yogamāyā acts within the spiritual realm to cover the devotee's awareness of Kṛṣṇa's supreme majesty and awe. This divine covering allows pure devotees, such as the gopīs or Mother Yaśodā, to love Kṛṣṇa intensely as a paramour or a dependent son, creating a sweetness that transcends formal reverence.
- Two Aspects of Maya: Kṛṣṇa controls both mahāmāyā and yogamāyā; one binds the soul to matter, while the other liberates the soul and reconnects it with the spiritual world.
- Intimacy Over Reverence: To establish deep, personal relationships, yogamāyā covers the devotee's knowledge of Kṛṣṇa's Godhood, allowing them to treat Him as a child or beloved rather than the Supreme Judge.
- Parental Affection: Under the influence of yogamāyā, pure devotees like Mother Yaśodā forget their philosophical knowledge of God so they can fully immerse themselves in the role of protecting and caring for Kṛṣṇa.
- The Conjugal Sentiment: The intense feelings of the gopīs, which resemble paramour love, are spiritual sentiments induced by yogamāyā to heighten the Lord's transcendental satisfaction.
- Arrangement of Pastimes: Yogamāyā orchestrates the practical details of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes, such as putting guards to sleep or influencing the Pāṇḍavas' perception, to ensure the Lord's līlā unfolds perfectly.
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Pages in category "Influence of Yogamaya"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
A
- A devotee is directed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and comes under the influence of yogamaya. Consequently there is a gulf of difference between statements made by a devotee and those made by a nondevotee
- A devotee naturally does not like to transgress the laws of reverence for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but by the influence of yogamaya he is prepared to do anything to love the Supreme Lord better
- Although mother Yasoda understood the whole philosophy of life, at the next moment she was overwhelmed by affection for her son by the influence of yogamaya
- Although the Pandavas, because of the influence of Krsna's yogamaya, could not think of their fortunate position, every saintly person, including the great sage Narada, could understand it, and therefore they constantly visited Maharaja Yudhisthira
B
- By the influence of such forgetfulness (due to spiritual loving sentiment induced by the yogamaya potency), the attractive beauty of the gopis plays a prominent part in the transcendental satisfaction of the Lord, who has nothing to do with mundane sex
- By the influence of this internal potency, Yogamaya, all the residents of Kamsa’s palace, especially the doorkeepers, were overwhelmed with deep sleep, and all the palace doors opened, although they were barred and shackled with iron chains
- By the influence of Yogamaya, all the doorkeepers fell fast asleep, their senses unable to work, and the other inhabitants of the house (of Kamsa) also fell deeply asleep - SB 10.3.48-49
- By the influence of yogamaya, the devotee can establish a relationship in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead is his child