Srimati Radha Rani.......The Topmost Devotee of Lord Krsna. When Krsna expanded Himself into 16,108 to marry His brides in Dvaraka these forms were kayavyuha because the forms, qualities, characteristics of all His expansions were the same. On the other hand, Srimati’s expansions are different in appearance, qualities and moods (dhira and adhira bhavas). Each gopi is a personification of a particular bhava (mood or emotion) of Srimatiji, just as flowers, fruits and creepers, although one with the tree, also have separate identities. So Radhaji assumes lakhs of forms to give ananda to Krsna. Krsna, Radha, and the gopis cannot describe or narrate this. Even Mahaprabhu cannot describe all this. Only those persons who are tatastha, neutral, can..... Only in the association of our acaryas, like Rupa Gosvami and Lokanatha Gosvami, who can enter the lilas, can we properly hear and understand. In rasa dance it appears that there are lakhs of expansions of Krsna, but actually He is moving with superspeed, giving the impression that there are lakhs of Krsnas. Radha, Krsna and Mahaprabhu are so beautiful that They do not need anything to enhance Their beauty. If Mahaprabhu puts mud on Himself He is even more beautiful. Krsna’s beauty is original and complete. If His hair is ruffled He is more beautiful, if it gets covered with dust it is still more beautiful. He beautifies His ornaments. They do not beautify Him. So even if He is without ornaments, even if He is naked, He is always more and more beautiful. Similarly, Srimatiji does not need jewelry and cosmetics to make Her attractive. It is Her beauty which sustains Krsna’s. She wears all this to please Krsna. Her real jewels are Her bhavas. All Her jewels are nondifferent from Her. They are thus all made of mahabhava. She wears sixteen types of decoration like sindura, uptan, bindi, kumkum. In India the ladies take bath three times a day. Srimatiji also takes three baths a day: karunyamrta-dharaya snana prathama tarunyamrta-dharaya snana madhyama (Cc Madhya 8.167) [Srimati Radharani takes Her first bath in the shower of the nectar of compassion, and She takes Her second bath in the nectar of youth. (BBT)] Radhika takes Her first bath, early in the morning, called ‘karunyamrta.’ She is actually not taking bath in water but in Krsna’s sneha for Her. What is sneha? That love which increases despites problems and obstacles. When the heart melts, it becomes molten. It liquefies. Krsna’s love for Her is like this, and She bathes in it.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 04:03:11 +0000
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