Today I’m posting here after a long time . all these months I’ve been watching many serials , reading a lot about the LORD and also experiencing the BLISS of DIVINE LOVE .
So , with a changed outlook , I was a bit confused to approach the blog . but decided to carry on with it in the way as originally (while starting the blog – Purnavataar ) I had planned to write about the features of the LORD . after discussing about all these different aspects , I’ll try to write about my personal experiences and realizations about the ALMIGHTY .
Why do we always find the LORD in a particular (yellow) coloured dress ? Today I’ll try to discuss about HIS ‘pitambar’ (yellow coloured ) dress .
The LORD is always described wearing fine yellow silken garments ‘ as brilliant as gold ‘ . or the 'blue LORD' wering a yellow dress seems like ‘ lightning in a dark sky ‘ . he seems ‘ more handsome than Kamdeva ‘ . here I have used expression from different religious texts on Krishna (like Chaitanya Charitamrita, Bhaktivinoda Thakura , Shrimad Bhagwat ) . all these prove that people were just awestruck by HIS beauty in yellow dress . if we try to know why is HE always associated with this particular colour , we will get many references . now I shall discuss about it .
The main reference which comes in the very beginning is that of LORD VISHNU , who is also dressed in yellow robe around HIS shoulders and yellow dhoti in all the pictures and literary descriptions . yellow colour is considered as auspicious , it is traditionally regarded as the colour of religion . thus HE represents Dharma by the colour of HIS dress.
Yellow colour also represents Earth . thus HE also reflects HIS Creation by this colour . it seems as if the Creation is (i.e.- exists) in HIM as well as He is present in the Creation for ever .
Many times yellow has been associated with knowledge , learning , happiness , peace , meditaion , competence , mental development (spiritual awareness ) . all these can be very easily related to the LORD , both in reference to Vishu and Krishna , as they are one and the same .
Yellow is also the colour of Spring , we can grasp the meaning as soon as the picture of the LORD comes to our mind . HE HIMSELF is the embodiment of Spring , from HIM everything (beauty , fertility and happiness ) springs … so yellow is the most suitable colour of the LORD .
Yellow has another significance that is ‘helps to activate the mind’ . when someone starts reading , understanding and reflecting on the GEETA , or starts meditating on the LORD , thinking about HIS ‘benign face , graceful smile , beautiful features’ (quoted from Uddhava Geeta , chapter – 9 ) , gradually Krishna takes him to a higher level of consciousness .
Another interpretation can be given from the point of view of devotion to LORD GANESHA . both of the gods are always dressed in yellow . it signifies the promptness to learn , and integrity in all the diiferent aspects of a personality . these qualities are present in both Krishna and Ganesha . actually not only in them but these qualities are present in all the gods , but here ( the source material , from which I read this particular point ) the comparison only with LORD GANESHA has been made , so I also decided to go with that .
In today’s post , I tried to relate this particular colour – yellow , to various facets of our life . so that we can find the connection with the LORD in all the aspects of our daily life .
With lots of best wishes for all .
Jai Shri Krishna
