We are not Shree Krishna Himself. We are a part of Shree Krishna indirectly because we are a part of His jeev shakti (soul power). We’re a part of His soul power. So constitutionally, that’s our relationship with Him. He is the Supreme Lord, and He has His swaroop shakti (personal power), whose ansh (portion) is Vishnu, Shankar, and other forms of God. Swaroop Shakti is His personal power.
He has His maya shakti (material power). We don’t belong to that, but He activates maya and keeps it going.
We belong to His jeev shakti. So we are a part of His power, His soul power. That is why we are called His ansh, not because we’re a piece of Him broken off.
Nonetheless, a Ved mantra tells us that we have this sajatya sambandh (relationship of the same kind) with Him. We’re of the same family. He’s a bird, and we’re a bird. He might be the greatest bird of all, and we’re an insignificant bird, but here that’s not being discussed. We’re both birds. We’re both of the same type. So that’s nice to know. We’re just like Shree Krishna. This mantra goes on to tell us that we have a sadheshya sambandh (relationship of sharing the same place) with Shree Krishna as well.
So not only are we His ansh, not only are we a part of His power, and not only are we made substantially, but we’re made of the same stuff He is - sat chit anand (eternal existence, consciousness, and bliss) - but we live in the same place. We are roommates. This ved mantra says these two birds are sitting in the same tree. The tree is our body. Our physical body houses us and Shree Krishna (is there also). We’re side by side. We’re roommates. So that’s nice to know if you think about it.
“I’m never alone. Krishna is in here with me (in my heart) all the time! He’s my flatmate, my roommate.”
But this mantra goes on to say, “Oh no, not just are you roommates!”
The third aspect to our relationship, the first being sajatya meaning we’re of the same type. The second being sadheshya, ‘desh’ means ‘place’. We’re living in the same place. We’re sharing a space like roommates. Sayujya (union), means ‘we live with’ or ‘we’re combined’; we’re in total union.
“I live in Krishna, and He lives in me!”
That’s even closer than being roommates. Where is He?
“He pervades my soul! And where am I? I live inside of Him!”
Where else is there to live? He’s everywhere. This is sayujya sambandh (relationship of union). So we’re so close, not just like roommates living side by side. That’s one aspect of our relationship with Shree Krishna. We’re actually occupying the same space. You can’t do that with anyone else or any other soul. But you and Shree Krishna are occupying the same space. That’s how close you are with Him.
