My undying love for Krishna

KRISHNA sketch

People ask me, why do I paint only Krishna and not other gods. Am I too religious? What's so special about Krishna?. Some gave enlightening speech on how he was manipulative, had so many wives and was not loyal; and the one who already died, won't come to rescue me from my problems.

Some people gave intellectual diversions, saying, "Now a days, people making business in the name of God and you are falling for it. Krishna was just a human, not a real God. And if he was; in Geeta in one shloka he said, you reap what you sow, and in other he said, I am the doer. If he is the doer, why and how this Karma system works? Does that mean, he is making us do the sins and we are suffering? It is a contradiction and complex.
Also, he left Radha whom he was deeply and truly in love with. He came to rescue Draupadi only after she prayed hard. Why didn't he stop it at first place, after all Draupadi was his devotee, why he made her go through such a mortifying situation? You think real God can do this?"

Don't I think this or don't I think that?

Okay, okay wait... Umm what.?...lemme breath.

I am not his spokesperson, neither with little knowledge of 'god', 'Mahabharata' and 'religion', I can debate with all. I am clueless about Radha and whether Krishna really 'left' her.

All I know is, seeing and drawing him gives me peace, makes me forget worries and world.

I never felt praying or remembering Krishna day and night. I never felt chanting his name or observing fast will bring him closer, or by doing so he will be pleased and will grant me a boon.

He merely reinstates my faith in love, friendship, karma, patience and courage.

When I see him, I remember all the struggles he has gone through to stay 'alive', to help people, to bring harmony and peace (even though that means being manipulative to deceive wicked enemies). His stories give courage to fight. He is 'Hero'.. hero who inspires to live when you feel there is no way out.

The concept of religion - God changes according to experience and expectations of people. Few follow fabricated scriptures. Few who are unsure about their own beliefs insists people to follow certain things. Some merely chant mantras and feel they are now pious, pure. Imperfect humans seek perfection in other human, tests them -judge them. Leave human but they even decide how God should behave. And there are few, who calls themselves incarnation of some god and ask people to follow them. What to call them? religious, wise, hypocrites or stupid?

I feel many people turn atheists because religious people make 'God' sound so vindictive and stupid that a sane man only hate him.

I don't know what real and fake God means, but according to me God is someone who brings peace in mind, shows us path to follow and do right things.

In India, there is a famous phrase, 'pati hi parmeshwar hai', which means 'your husband is your supreme god'. So the one who stake his wife for mere dice game can be considered as God and the one who rescued her, is not God but made her go through such situation?

I don't know, whether Krishna was human or God; but even after giving 'Agnipariksha', the person who left his pregnant wife in Jungle on her fate can be considered  as 'God', then the one who rescued  and married 16,000 women is not less than supreme God.

And sketching someone with flute is much easier than sketching someone with a weapon.... :)

 - Harshada Chougule - Nilakhe