Thread by @SparesofWar

Been shouting from the roof tops about this guy but RW can be fooled by some stupid kuthu dance cleverly called Thandavam 😂.
The justifications given by some in this thread are Illogical and totally contrary to Raasa bhava. Here's a small background.+

https://twitter.com/CursedRaitaTake/status/1378236620474707971

While hearing the baalya leelas of Sri Krishna, Parikshit couldn't help but ask Sri Suka Brahma what piety have Yashoda and Nanda have to get sakshat Parabrahmam as their son. Suka replies that Yashoda and Nanda were Dhara and Drona in their previous life. +

Their sacrifice and athithi maryada astonished even the Trimurthies, who came to test their austerities. Dhara, in fact, cuts off her breast to satisfy a lustful grain seller in order to get grain to feed Devatas who come in the form of hungry Rishi family. Pleased by their+

extreme devotion, Narayana Himself promises that He will grow up as her son. That was her yogam. Krishna says in the BG, Yogakshemam vahaamyaham. This is a very heavy phrase. Everyone in the MB and SB were given deliverance acc to their yoga. Be it Devaki, Yashoda, Kamsa, Akrura,

Indra, Kunti, Pandavas, and even Dhaartaraashtras. Devaki's yoga as per her previous janma as Aditi was only to beget God as her son. He left Mathura after that was fulfilled. Yashoda's yogam was to nourish and take care of Krishna.

After that phase, Krishna promptly left Vrindavan. Her yoga ends there. To say that she developed a Raasa bhava is incorrect though one with sufficient paanditya can somehow try to justify it. But that's wrong. Raasa means in very simple terms, an anubhuti.. an experience.

What kind of experience? Aadhyatmika ananda. Remember ananda is not happiness. Ananda means everlasting bliss. Vedam says Raso vai sa: He is the Supreme respository of all pleasures. So everyone who has experienced that pleasure can be considered to have Raasaanubhava.

However, Yashoda's ananda was purely motherly love. Gopis had actual kaama towards Him. Pothana says in the SB, Kaamotkantata gopikal (कामाद्द्वेषाद्भयात्स्नेहाद्यथा भक्त्येश्वरे मनः in the original).

Both Yashoda's love and that of Gopi's ultimately were to reach Him. However, a distinction at the gross level must be made to properly understand both. The same Yashoda reincarnates as Vakula Matha in Kali Yuga as per Venkatachala Mahatyam.

This is wat happens when you elevate corp gurus to a high pedestal. When your ancients have given you so much vangmayam and alternatives all within the ambit of Veda and Aarsha Dharma, why the hell do ppl justify such crap in the name of rationality and modernity still eludes me.