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This exchange of feelings between Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī is very difficult to understand unless one is elevated This is because the exchange of feelings between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is not a subject matter of this material manifested for either the gross body or the subtle mind, but this exchange of feelings between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa

Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by the Gāyatrī mantra, and the specific mantra by which He is worshiped is called Kāma-gāyatrī is received from the spiritual master when the disciple is advanced in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa , Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. In any case, the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa is sufficient to elevate one to the highest spiritual platform

It is very difficult to express the dealings of Rādhārāṇī’s associates with Kṛṣṇa because they have no Rather, they are always ready to help Rādhārāṇī associate with Kṛṣṇa. Their affection for Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī is so pure that they are simply satisfied when Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa Indeed, their transcendental pleasure is in seeing Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa united. The actual form of Rādhārāṇī is just like a creeper embracing the tree of Kṛṣṇa, and the damsels of Vraja

Rāmānanda Rāya then began his explanation, saying that the transcendental activities of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa In other words, because these confidential pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa have expanded through the mercy

In that supreme abode of Kṛṣṇa are surabhi cows who overflood the land with milk.

situated in that understanding, he becomes eligible to enter into the confidential pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa 10.17): “Although manifest, happy, expanded and unlimited, the emotional exchanges between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa Lord without His causeless mercy, no one can understand the transcendental sex life between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa

Whatever position one may have, if he is fully conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa consciousness words, one can become a bona fide spiritual master if he has sufficient knowledge of the science of Kṛṣṇa , Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The only qualification is that he be conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

The object is Kṛṣṇa, who is the ever-green Cupid, and by utterance of klīm Kṛṣṇa is worshiped. It is also stated in the Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad that when Kṛṣṇa is spoken of as Cupid one should not As already explained, Vṛndāvana is the spiritual abode of Kṛṣṇa, and thus the word Cupid is also spiritual and transcendental when applied to Kṛṣṇa. One should not take the material Cupid and Kṛṣṇa to be on the same level.

cause material distress, but one cannot compare that with the spiritual distress of separation from Kṛṣṇa

As Kṛṣṇa is the highest emblem of spiritual perfection, so Rādhārāṇī is the highest emblem of the spiritual pleasure potency meant for satisfying Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is unlimited, and Rādhārāṇī is also unlimited in Her ability to satisfy Him. Kṛṣṇa is satisfied just by seeing Rādhārāṇī, but Rādhārāṇī expands Herself in such a way that Kṛṣṇa desires of Rādhārāṇī, and that combination of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

They are mistaken when they think that the spiritual bodies of Kṛṣṇa, Rādhārāṇī and Their associates, attraction of those in the material world; they are the transcendental attractions for the all-attractive Kṛṣṇa Because the Lord is all-attractive, He is called Kṛṣṇa, but the damsels of Vṛndāvana are attractive even to Kṛṣṇa.

The loving affairs between Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs in Vṛndāvana are also transcendental. In the spiritual world the love between the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa is constantly increasing. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is addressed as the ever-green Cupid.

Any relationship with the Lord is as good as any other because the central point is Kṛṣṇa. In this connection there is a nice verse in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.1) that states: “Kṛṣṇa is Kṛṣṇa is very dear to Rādhārāṇī, the foremost gopī.” Like Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs are glorified by Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. There are different kinds of relationships with Kṛṣṇa, and anyone who is attracted to Kṛṣṇa in a particular

There are various kinds of personal devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the transcendental abode. For example, there are servants of Kṛṣṇa, like Raktaka and Patraka, and friends of Kṛṣṇa, like Śrīdāmā There are also Kṛṣṇa’s parents, Nanda and Yaśodā, who are also engaged in His service according to their One who desires to enter into the supreme abode of Kṛṣṇa can take shelter of one such transcendental Then, through the execution of loving service one can ultimately attain transcendental affection for Kṛṣṇa

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the eternal consort of Kṛṣṇa, is the personification of that mahābhāva. regard, in the Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (4.3) Rūpa Gosvāmī states that there are two competitors in loving Kṛṣṇa Mahābhāva is full of the pleasure potency, and it is an exhibition of the highest love for Kṛṣṇa. Rādhārāṇī is therefore known throughout the world as the most beloved of Kṛṣṇa, and Her name is always associated with Kṛṣṇa as Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is fifteen days younger than Kṛṣṇa. keeps Her hand on the shoulder of one of Her friends, and She always talks and thinks of pastimes with Kṛṣṇa She always offers Kṛṣṇa a kind of intoxicant by Her sweet talks, and She is always prepared to fulfill In other words, She supplies everything needed to meet all the demands of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and She possesses unique and uncommon qualities for Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction.

In His spiritual form, Kṛṣṇa enjoys His spiritual energy, and that is the sum and substance of the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa One should not try to understand the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa potencies and pastimes from the mundane platform.

Such feelings expressed by the damsels of Vraja constitute the highest Kṛṣṇa conscious emotions. Anyone who actually becomes captivated by Kṛṣṇa consciousness approaches this level of the gopīs. Affection for Kṛṣṇa on the level of the gopīs is called rāgātmikā, spontaneous love. When one enters into a spontaneous loving affair with Kṛṣṇa, there is no need to follow the Vedic rules

In the Brahma-saṁhitā a nice description of the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute is given: “When Kṛṣṇa began to When the sound vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute is expressed through the mouth of Brahmā, it becomes Gāyatrī Thus by being influenced by the sound vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute, Brahmā, the supreme creature and first That Brahmā was initiated as a brāhmaṇa by the flute of Kṛṣṇa is confirmed by Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. Acknowledging the benediction offered to him by Kṛṣṇa, he became the original spiritual master of all

How Kṛṣṇa is attracted by His own beauty is described in the Lalita-mādhava (8.34). Upon seeing His own picture, Kṛṣṇa lamented, “How glorious this picture is!