Perhaps, Love Is Always Divine
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For me, the meaning of love is Radha-Krishna, or perhaps I should say that Radha-Krishna is another name for love itself. As beautiful as this word sounds, its meaning is just as deep. These days, people say very easily, “I have fallen in love.” But when someone truly falls in love, their entire world changes. Everything remains the same as before, yet somehow, everything feels different. Just like—same same, but different different.
I have searched for love in stories. Since childhood, I have always loved the stories shown in television serials. I don’t know why, but the kind of love portrayed in them always fascinated me. Sometimes I used to wonder, do heroes like this really exist? Can someone really give you so much respect? Can someone love you this deeply? Can someone stand beside you for your dreams? Can someone give your family so much importance?
Then I would think, perhaps all of this exists only in stories. In real life, it must be difficult to find people like that. Maybe they do exist, but perhaps only one percent of people in the entire world are like that, and finding someone like them must be a matter of great luck.
But as I grew older, my ideals of love changed completely. Those heroes probably existed only in stories, but then I came to know the ones whose love makes the whole world bow before it—Radha-Krishna and Gauri-Shankar.
The story of Radha-Krishna feels complete even though it remained incomplete in the way we usually understand love stories. From them, I learned that whether you stay together or not, love will always remain. Love is not a bond; love is freedom. No matter what moment life brings or what circumstances you face, love will neither decrease nor change. Instead, it continues to grow with time. Love is not your weakness; it is your greatest strength. Love does not bring you down; it lifts you higher.
In the same way, I learned from Gauri-Shankar what love truly means. Love is surrender.
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In today’s world, whenever questions come to my mind—“Will someone really stand beside me for my dreams?”—I remember Mahadev. I had not read about it myself, but I came to know through a television serial that Maa Parvati was not the only one who performed penance to marry Mahadev. Mahadev also waited for Maa Parvati for years.
I learned that when Maa Parvati went through the difficult journey of becoming Maa Kali, Mahadev stood beside her every step of the way. Only Mahadev could calm Maa Kali, and with immense love, he would calm her and bring her back to her form as Parvati.
In today’s time, if any girl finds a partner who loves like Krishna and a husband who is like Mahadev, there can hardly be anyone luckier than her.
People often say that observing the sixteen-Monday fast will help you get a husband like Mahadev. But that is not necessarily true. It does not happen for everyone.
True love is when someone can calm your anger with love and never hold a grudge against you. Someone who can understand and handle your mood swings. Someone who stands beside you at every step for your dreams. Someone who worries about you and your dreams even more than you do. Someone who can wait for you, just like Mahadev did.
I know that if you want Mahadev, you have to become like Maa Parvati, and if you want Krishna, you have to become like Radha. But if there is a man who truly carries even a little of their qualities, then perhaps every girl would be willing to become Radha and Parvati for him.
And honestly, it feels beautiful.
More than the heroes from the stories I watched in television serials, I learned about love through Mahadev and Krishna. Their reflections must surely exist somewhere in this world, but they are rare. Perhaps only with their blessings can one find someone like them.
But truly, love is incredibly beautiful. I learned that from Radha-Krishna and Gauri-Shankar.
Whether love demands sacrifice, surrender, togetherness, or even separation—there is still nothing more beautiful than love in this entire universe.
What is your opinion about Love?
