1743: Krishna Isn't Immoral — He's Trans-Moral Bhakti-Yoga's Radical Insight on Love and Surrender
Wisdom of the Sages
David Ramella
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Wisdom of the Sages, Raghunath and Kaustubha unpack a controversial passage from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam — the ancient Sanskrit text of Vedic wisdom centered on Krishna and the path of Bhakti Yoga. The story describes Krishna interacting with the gopīs of Vrindavan — the cowherd women whose consciousness was completely absorbed in devotion to Him. At first glance the scene appears morally troubling, but the sages explain that it reveals a deeper spiritual principle: divine love exists beyond ordinary moral frameworks. Along the way the discussion moves between the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the Bhagavad Gita, Shakespeare, and classic jazz love songs, showing how even great romantic lyrics can echo the bhakti insight that the deepest love longs to give everything. In Bhakti Yoga this is called ātma-nivedanam, the complete offering of oneself to the Divine — and when devotion reaches that level, Krishna reciprocates and awakens the soul's highest consciousness.
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| 0:00.0 | The more that I surrender, the more that I give my everything to God, the more I receive. |
| 0:05.4 | This is not the exploitation of this world, where if you give yourself, you're exploited. |
| 0:11.4 | This is what love really looks like. |
| 0:17.7 | Selfless love, true love. |
| 0:20.1 | It's expressed in these kind of words. |
| 0:22.7 | And that's what we're seeing here is that these gulp is, |
| 0:25.0 | I want Krishna as my husband. |
| 0:26.5 | I want to please him. |
| 0:27.7 | I want to give him my everything, including their bodies. |
| 0:32.1 | And so this is kind of like Krishna's way of saying, |
| 0:35.2 | I accept, you know, but it's done in such a cheeky, naughty, |
| 0:40.3 | you know, crossing the boundaries of morality, that that just intensifies the sweet feelings that are in it. |
| 0:49.3 | Oh, now, Bhagavati, Vasudevaea. |
| 0:57.4 | Oh, Nama, Bhagavati, Vasudevaia. |
| 1:03.0 | Oh, Nama, Bhagavati, Vasudevaea. |
| 1:13.6 | Come on. |
| 1:14.6 | Live from Super Soul Farm in upstate New York, this is Wisdom of the Sages, a Bakhti Yoga podcast with your host Raghanov and co-host. |
| 1:24.6 | And senior educator at the Bokti Center in New York City, live in Rishi-Kesh, Kostubadas. |
| 1:29.8 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:31.1 | Today's Thursday, March 12, 2026. |
| 1:33.0 | It's episode 1743. |
| 1:35.7 | Good morning, beautiful people. |
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