Krishna janmashtami 2025: The festival of Janmashtami is celebrated with great pomp not only in Mathura-Vrindavan, but all over India. Lord Shri Krishna was born on this day on the Ashtami date of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month, hence it is called Janmashtami. People awaken throughout the night, worship God and remember their hair pastimes. But on the occasion of Janmashtami, one thing often remains in the hearts of people what was the relationship between Radha Rani and Shri Krishna and why did they not marry.
We have heard from childhood that Radha is incomplete without Shri Krishna and Shri Krishna is also not fulfilled without Radha. Then the question arises that why did they not marry despite this deep love? This is an interesting thing, which very few people know. Actually, the love of Radha and Shri Krishna was so pure and precious that he did not want to be tied in worldly bonds like marriage. His love was a combination of soul and emotion, which is traditionally considered the most beautiful without marriage.
Radha Rani and Shri Krishna met like this after being born on earth
When Lord Krishna was about four-five years old, he used to go to the fields to graze cow with his father. It was a spring season at that time. Shri Krishna suddenly changed the weather to surprise his father. Suddenly the heavy rains started and Shri Krishna started crying. The father lovingly hugged him after seeing Shri Krishna. They were thinking that in this season, Shri Krishna will also have to take care and take care of cows. Then a beautiful girl came there. Seeing him, Nand Baba’s mind was filled with peace. He asked the girl to take care of Shri Krishna. The girl happily said yes. After this, Nand Baba went home with a cow.
When Shri Krishna and that girl were alone, Shri Krishna showed his true form. He stood as a young man, whose clothes were orange, there was a peacock feather on the head and he had a flute in his hand. Shri Krishna asked the girl if she remembers the time when both of them were together in heaven. The girl said yes, because she was Radha. For the first time, Krishna and Radha met for the first time on earth.
Why did Shri Krishna and Radha not marry?
The pair of Lord Krishna and Radha Rani are considered to be the most unique example of love. But what less people may know is that both of them never decided to get married. He believed that love and marriage are two different things. He proved that true love is not limited to the body and form, but it is associated with devotion and purity of the soul.
It is said that Radha did not consider herself worthy of Krishna ji because she was a simple cow grazing. Therefore, he refused to marry. If they felt that if there was a marriage, then perhaps that purity of devotion and love which was between the two would have decreased. Apart from this, another thing that comes in many beliefs is that Radha Rani and Shri Krishna were two forms of the same soul. Therefore, he admitted that he cannot marry his own soul.
In this way, Shri Krishna and Radha Rani selected their different paths, but their love was so deep and pure that even today people are in an example in the hearts of people. Both showed that the real love is above the physical bonds and has no scope. His story teaches us that it is not necessary to tie love into social rules or rituals.
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