suddhabhakti

  One night, Srimati Radharani and Krishna were sleeping in Nidhuvana. Towards the end of the night, Radharani had a wonderful dream. After remembering the dream, Radharani woke Krishna and told Him, "I had a very wonderful dream. I saw a beautiful river with a beautiful bank that looked just like the Yamuna. On the bank of the river, I saw a wonderful golden-complexioned young man singing and dancing to the sound of the mridanga and karatalas. He was completely absorbed in great spiritual ecstasy. "He was crying out, 'O Krishna! O Radha! Where are You? Where have You gone?' "Sometimes he rolled on the ground and became unconscious. He was freely sharing this spiritual mood with everyone in the universe, without considering whether they were qualified or not. Radharani continued, "My dear Krishna, when I saw that beautiful golden youth, I began to wonder, 'Who is this golden-complexioned young man? Is it me crying, O Krishna! O Krishna?' "That g...

atha vṛndāvaneśvaryāḥ kīrtyante pravarā guṇāḥ madhureyaṁ nava-vayāś calāpāṅgojjvala-smitā cāru-saubhāgya-rekhāḍhyā gandhonmādita-mādhavā saṅgīta-prasarābhijñā ramya-vāṅ narma-paṇḍitā vinītā karuṇā-pūrṇā vidagdhā pāṭavānvitā lajjā-śīlā su-maryādā dhairya-gāmbhīrya-śālinī su-vilāsā mahābhāva- paramotkarṣa-tarṣiṇī gokula-prema-vasatir jagac-chreṇī-lasad-yaśāḥ gurv-arpita-guru-snehā sakhī-praṇayitā-vaśā kṛṣṇa-priyāvalī-mukhyā santatāśrava-keśavā bahunā kiṁ guṇās tasyāḥ saṅkhyātītā harer iva Translation “ ‘Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s twenty-five chief transcendental qualities are: (1) She is very sweet. (2) She is always freshly youthful. (3) Her eyes are restless. (4) She smiles brightly. (5) She has beautiful, auspicious lines. (6) She makes Kṛṣṇa happy with Her bodily aroma. (7) She is very expert in singing. (8) Her speech is charming. (9) She is very expert in joking and speaking pleasantly. (10) She is very humble and meek. (11) She is always full of mercy. (12) She is cunning. (13) She is ex...

Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are one in two. They are identical. Kṛṣṇa expands Himself in multi-incarnations and plenary portions like the  puruṣas.  Similarly, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī expands Herself in multiforms as the goddesses of fortune, the queens and the damsels of Vraja. Such expansions from Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī are all Her plenary portions. All these womanly forms of Kṛṣṇa are expansions corresponding to His plenary expansions of Viṣṇu forms. These expansions have been compared to reflected forms of the original form. There is no difference between the original form and the reflected forms. The female reflections of Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure potency are as good as Kṛṣṇa Himself. The plenary expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s personality are called  vaibhava-vilāsa  and  vaibhava-prakāśa,  and Rādhā’s expansions are similarly described. The goddesses of fortune are Her  vaibhava-vilāsa  forms, and the queens are Her  vaibhava-prakāśa  forms. The personal associates of Rād...

Srimati Radharani is the Supreme Goddess. She is most always seen with Lord Krishna. It is described that She is the Chief Associate and devotee of Lord Krishna, and topmost of all Goddesses. Her name means the She is the most excellent worshiper of Lord Krishna. However, She is also an expansion of the Lord's energy. Since She is also an extension of Krishna, She is the feminine aspect of God. Thus, in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, God is both male and female. They are One, but Krishna expands into two, Himself and Radharani, for the sake of divine loving pastimes. If They remained as One, then there is no relationship, there are no pastimes, and there can be no dynamic exchange of love. ( Caitanya-caritamrita , Adi-lila, 4.55-56) Actually, if we all remained merged or amalgamated into one single force or light, then there is no further need of anything else. There certainly would be no need for the material manifestation to provide the innumerable conditioned souls with the me...

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is as fully spiritual as Kṛṣṇa. No one should consider Her to be material. She is definitely not like the conditioned souls, who have material bodies, gross and subtle, covered by material senses. She is all-spiritual, and both Her body and Her mind are of the same spiritual embodiment. Because Her body is spiritual, Her senses are also spiritual. Thus Her body, mind and senses fully shine in love of Kṛṣṇa. She is the personified  hlādinī-śakti  (the pleasure-giving energy of the Lord’s internal potency), and therefore She is the only source of enjoyment for Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Kṛṣṇa cannot enjoy anything that is internally different from Him. Therefore Rādhā and Śrī Kṛṣṇa are identical. The  sandhinī  portion of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency has manifested the all-attractive form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and the same internal potency, in the  hlādinī  feature, has presented Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the attraction for the all-attractive. No one can match ...

  rādhā-kṛṣṇa eka ātmā, dui deha dhari’ anyonye vilase rasa āsvādana kari’ Translation Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one and the same, but They have assumed two bodies. Thus They enjoy each other, tasting the mellows of love. Purport The two transcendentalists Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are a puzzle to materialists. The above description of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa from the diary of Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī is a condensed explanation, but one needs great spiritual insight to understand the mystery of these two personalities. One is enjoying in two. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the potent factor, and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the internal potency. According to Vedānta philosophy, there is no difference between the potent and the potency; they are identical. We cannot differentiate between one and the other, any more than we can separate fire from heat. Everything in the Absolute is inconceivable in relative existence. Therefore in relative cognizance it is very difficult to assimilate this truth of the oneness between the pote...