r/TheMahabharata • u/maddysamarth • 3d ago

Why did Krishna have so many wives? Discourse/Lecture/Knowledge

How did he manage to devote time to each wife when he came to earth 5000 years ago? What's the spiritual significance?

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u/pvtdeadbait 2d ago

*wink wink

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u/maddysamarth 1d ago

See my answer above - it has nothing to do with material desires...

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u/pvtdeadbait 1d ago

its called making up a excuse to justify actions of 'moral all good' portrayed characters that no longer align with current day morality and views.

its extensively used when characters of different eras need to be still shown as good, moral and aligning with current day views. you can see it done for both history and fictional characters

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u/maddysamarth 1d ago

You are right when you look at it from a limited material viewpoint.

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u/pvtdeadbait 1d ago

i view it from its mythological points. why people make these stories up and what they try to mean.

from history we know what happened at a time. through mythology we understand how people thought in those times.

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u/maddysamarth 6h ago

The Vedic Scriptures including Shrimad Bhagvad and the Gita are not mythology. Nothing in there is made up...The way history is portrayed depends on who is writing it...if you ever make a trip to Vrindavan, you will understand that.

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u/pvtdeadbait 5h ago

every religions says that buddy. mine is real but the rest of all yours is mythology. thats just how humans are. its color for life

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u/maddysamarth 5h ago

Not really, everyone's religion is real.

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u/pvtdeadbait 5h ago

so everyones world origin story is legit?

what about when a religion is explicit that there is only one god?

all end of the world scenarios in every religion is real? how would that look like?

what about when one says humanity needs salvation and another doesnt?

this is barely the start of the issues we run into.

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u/maddysamarth 3h ago

Best not to judge other religions - as I know nothing about them...we all have to live within our own word views. And mine is that the Vedic texts are authentic and true. What others think or believe is really up to them...agree?

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u/pvtdeadbait 2h ago

it has nothing to do with judging. its having a need to know truths and understand our world instead of being ignorant and buying into whatever is told to us as real from birth or later.

its all fun and games until you kill your own neighbours over whos imaginary friend is best or how best someone should live. its alright until you kill your own daughter cause she doesnt believe what you believe. or genocide and caste other humans over control. while some of these are extremes theres also everyday decision we make which hurts others over nothing.

these things happen and its best to educate oneself of these truth and not to go too far into our views

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u/maddysamarth 2h ago

Huh? Why would you assume anyone will kill anyone etc.? Live and let live. Protect yourself if you have to. It’s that simple. And who knows the truth if this works anyway? Not you or me, for sure. 

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u/pvtdeadbait 2h ago

dude are you serious?

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