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| The Myth of Krishna and 16000 Gopis. |
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Lord Krishna left Vrindavan and Gopis when
he was 12 years, some say 10 years and 7 months.
In the story of Krishna, as told in
the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana,
he spends much of his childhood in the company
of young cow-herd girls, called Gopis
in the village of Vrindavan.
Krishna left his native place at the age of twelve for study at gurukul .
The Mahabharata does not describe Krishna's earlier life
in Vrindavan in much detail, and focuses
more on the later battle of Kurukshetra
but within the Bhagavata Purana the child-hood pastimes of Krishna
are described very vividly. Within the Bhagavata Purana,
Radha is not mentioned by name but is alluded to within the tenth chapter
of the text as one of the gopis whom Krishna plays with during his
upbringing as a young boy.
Krishna left Vrindavan for Mathura at the age of 10 years and 7
months according to Bhagavata Purana. So Radha is assumed
to be also 10 years old or less
when Krishna left Vrindavan.
It is in later texts such as the Gita Govinda
where we find the story of Radha given in more detail.
The love the gopis feel for Krishna is also
described in this esoteric manner as the highest platform
of spontaneous love of God, and not of a sexual nature.
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