One of the reasons is that the radiant appearance of Shri Radha Rani is like molten gold, so to be always immersed in Shri Radha’s love and devotion, Shri Krishna wears Pitambar (Yellow). This signifies the purest and the highest form of divine love.
The appearance of Shri Krishna is like that of a Blue Sapphire (Neel Mani). So to always be immersed in His love, Shri Radha wears Neelambar (Blue). This symbolizes Her deep connection, boundless love and unity with Shri Krishna’s essence.
Every era has its own quality and influence. Just like that, the era in which we are living now is Kalyug. In Kalyug, Shri Krishna has endowed His divine name with all His powers. By simply chanting the divine name, a person can experience divine grace, inner peace, and spiritual progress, making it one of the most important spiritual practices for this age and time. In other spiritual practices, we get the fruit of it only after doing the practice. But the significance of Naam Sankirtan is that, while chanting the divine nectar flows, we get the fruit (benefits) of the practice immediately and directly.
To learn any subject, to receive knowledge in any field and get the best results for it, we need a guide, teacher or a mentor. Even in a new job, there is always a training period. When we have a senior mentor, the output of the student learning from them is also better. In the same way, in our spiritual journey also, to move forward, we need a spiritual Guru (master). Guru does not denote any outward attire. Guru is the only one who shows us the mirror to recognise our true selves and holds our hand and puts it in the hands of Shri Priya Priyatam Lal Ju (God). Guru takes us towards our ultimate goal of realizing God in this very life. That’s why he is known as Sadguru.
Through an outfit, a person conveys his or her emotion or feeling without speaking. A person will not wear the same clothes at a funeral which he would wear at a party. Similarly, especially in temples, one should maintain a decorum of the sacred environment by dressing modestly and respectfully which shows reverence for the space and other worshippers.
Shri Krishna’s act of stealing butter from the Gopis holds a deep symbolic meaning. Butter represents purity because, unlike milk or curd, it remains unaffected by water and retains its essence. Similarly, the Gopis’ hearts, through devotion and contemplation, had become pure like butter. By stealing the butter, Shri Krishna is not just taking the physical butter, but symbolically drawing their pure hearts towards himself, indicating his divine power to capture the essence of true love and devotion. It’s an expression of Krishna’s playful nature (Leela) and his deep connection with the pure hearts of the Gopis, who represent the highest form of unconditional devotion.
