And Krishna Steals The Saris

Chromolithograph of a painting by Raja Ravi Varna from 1920 Ravi Varmâ (Kilimanoor, Kerala in India, April 29, 1848 - Kilimanoor, October 2, 1906) is an Indian painter who achieved great notoriety in particular by illustrating scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and from the Ramayana Maha means "great or total + Bhârata means man and is the real name of India (name given by the colonists)... that I didn't know... This is the second lithograph in my collection , It is Krishna who steals the saris of the Gopis... To bathe, the gopis left their saris on the edge of the river; Krishna, climbed into a tree, refuses to give back the clothes he stole from the four cowherd women, naked and confused, half-length in the waves, if they do not come completely out of the water. Why did Krishna steal Gopi's clothes? The clothes that the gopis remove and leave on the banks before immersing themselves in the waters of the river represent 'moha' or attachment to the body. The Lord “stole” the clothes simply to see if this attachment persisted and the rest awaits you in long texts to gawk at on the internet...