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CHAPTER 11. DRAUPADI: A RARE WOMAN
another person chooses to be ignorant, existence will cooperate fully with him, so that he remains
ignorant. And if some body else decides for knowledge, all the avenues of knowledge will become
available to him.
In this world we only find that which we seek. Our own desires and longing and prayers come
back to us, just like our own sounds are echoed back by the hills and valleys. If you explore the
whole psyche of a poor man, you will be surprised to find he has done everything necessary to
remain poor; poverty is his choice. Outwardly he may complain against his condition of poverty, but
inwardly he is not only reconciled to it, he is at ease with it. If by chance his poverty disappears he
will begin to miss it. Similarly an ignoramus is content with his ignorance, and he does everything
to protect it. If you try to remove his ignorance he will not only resent it, he will defend it with all his
strength.
No, we find what we seek. Sudama finds Krishna because he goes seeking him. It is not proper
that Krishna should go to him unasked; Krishna of course will wait for him. Waiting on the part of
Krishna is essential. It is not that God is not coming to you because he is unhappy with you, but it
is necessary that you should go to him. And the day you go to him and meet him, you will know he
was waiting long for you to come, he was standing at his gate to receive you, but it was you who
were not willing to see him.
Question 6
QUESTIONER: IN AN EARLIER QUESTION ON DRAUPADI IT WAS SAID THAT KRISHNA HAD
GREAT LOVE FOR HER. PLEASE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT KRISHNA’S LOVE FOR DRAUPADI.
Draupadi fully deserves Krishna’s love. Krishna’s love is available to all, but Draupadi deserves it in
a special way. The truth is that you come to have what you deserve. If you go to the ocean for water,
it will give you only as much as your container can hold. The ocean is vast, but how much water
you have depends on the size of your container. And the ocean does not refuse, everyone can take
according to his capacity.
Draupadi’s capacity to receive love is tremendous, and she received abundant love from Krishna.
And the love between them was so profound, so platonic that it could exist without any longing
for physical intimacy. That is why Krishna’s love and help has always been at the disposal of this
extraordinary woman. Krishna does much more for her than he does for anyone else. I told you
earlier that when she was being disrobed by the Kauravas, Krishna came rushing to her rescue.
There is a kind of love that is articulate, vocal, and there is another kind of love that is in articulate,
silent. And remember, the love that is vocal is never deep, it is superficial, shallow. Words don’t
have much depth; silence is most profound. So is silent love. And Draupadi’s love is silent and pro
found. It is discernible on many occasions, but it is never open and aggressive. It is true that silent
love makes a much deeper impression on the lovers than does any other kind of love.
Although Krishna’s love is always available to Draupadi in the hours of her distress, it does not show
itself often in physical intimacy. In fact, when love fails to achieve intimacy at the subtler levels, it
craves physical intimacy. Love can be so silent and subtle that physical distances in time and space
don’t matter for it; it remains even in aloneness. Love can be so deeply silent that it need never
express itself in words. And a man like Krishna can very well know this silent love, others cannot.
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