It was enormous in size and its favorite food was said to have been whales. The Timingila is said to have been the most formidable predator in the oceans. One such creature was the Timingila fish. The Srimad Bhagavatam, Ramayana, Mahabharata and other Vedic literatures often speak of fantastic places and of creatures that may have once lived on this planet. This article is about the Timingila fish - myth or fact? This article is not about Krsna, the Gopis, or their intense desire to serve Him. The Timingila fish is said to have lived in the oceans of this planet as the greatest predator ever known. Mahaprabhu compares their ambxition to the legendary Timingila fish. The above verse is quoted from Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 13.142, wherein Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu equates the Gopis as having fallen into a great ocean and that they are being devoured by their ambition to serve Krsna. Since they have no material conception of life, why should they aspire for liberation? The Gopis do not want that liberation desired by yogis and jnanis, for they are already liberated from the ocean of material existence." ( Cc. The Gopis must be delivered from the mouths of these Timingila, for they are pure devotees. “The Gopis have fallen into a great ocean of separation and are being devoured by the Timingila fish of their ambition to serve You. Viraha-samudra-jale, kama-timingile gile gopi-gane neha’ tara para Deha-smrti nahi yara, samsara-kupa kahan tara taha haite na cahe uddhara
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