Every individual soul is indefinitely divine and yearns to seek this divinity. But this yearning is suppressed by the delusion caused by the dominant passions of the temporal world, such as desire, anger, ego and pride. Moreover, divinity is on a totally different plane and beyond the finite range of human thought, emotion and faculties. So, when the soul merges with the bliss of the divine, it reaches its highest privilege and attainment. This is possible only with Divine Sankalpa is exemplified in the case of the Gpois during the Raasa Lila episode.
It is a unique night in Brindavan, one that never was earlier and never will be again, when Krishna chooses to grant this attainment to the Gopis. Each one of them is involved in their household chores which sage Suka describes in detail. That night, though Krishna's divine music is heard by all, it is meant to attarct the devout Gopis alone. They run to Krishna without any other thought in their minds.
Krishna asks them if it is right on their part to be with Him when their household duties demand their attention.
The Gopis reply that devotion to one's duties is no doubt a means to attain the goal of moksha; but now when the goal is directly available to them, is it not time to turn one's back on worldly pulls and seize this chance to experience God realisation, a state which even sages steeped in meditation find difficult to attain?
The human goals of Kaama, Artha and even Dharma interpreted as one's commitment to duties have to be given up in the pursuit of Moksha. This is an attainment beyond human endeavour, but can happen by the Lord's grace.
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