The Truth Of Radha Rani! Most Confidential Knowledge! Who is Srimati Radharani? RadhaAshtami Special

Hare Kṛṣṇa. Who is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī? The truth of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. This is one of the most confidential knowledge. Prabhudānanda Saraswati writes in his Vṛndāvana Mahā-māmṛta as follows. Glorious are those persons who desire to climb out of the well of material existence and attain liberation. Even more glorious are they who have dedicated themselves to the service of the Lord. Even more elevated are those who have become attached to the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Those who love the husband of Queen Rukmini are superior again to them. More praiseworthy still are those who are dear to the son of Yaśodā. More glorious again are those who have made friends with the Kamarāda of Subala. More glorious again than them are those who worship the Lord as the lover of the gopīs. Yet standing at the head of all the devotees in creation are those whose thoughts have been washed away by the great flow of sacred rapture emanating from the daughter of King Vṛṣṇu, Rādhā, and worship her above all. Rādhārāṇī is Haribriya, very dear to Kṛṣṇa. So if we approach Kṛṣṇa through the mercy of Rādhārāṇī, then it becomes very easy. If Rādhārāṇī recommends that, this devotee is very nice, then Kṛṣṇa immediately accepts, however foolish I may be. Because Rādhārāṇī recommends it, Kṛṣṇa accepts. Therefore, in Vṛndāvana, you'll find all the devotees chanting Rādhārāṇī's name more than Kṛṣṇa's. You just try to please Rādhārāṇī. Then Kṛṣṇa will be gotten very easily, because Rādhārāṇī can deliver Kṛṣṇa. She is such a great devotee, the emblem of Mahābhāgavata. Topmost level of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. Even Kṛṣṇa Himself, though He says, vedaham samatitāni, I know everything, cannot understand Rādhārāṇī's quality. Rādhārāṇī is so great. Actually, Kṛṣṇa knows everything. And in order to understand Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa accepts the position of Rādhārāṇī in order to understand her potency. Kṛṣṇa thought, I am full, I am complete in every respect, but still I want to understand Rādhārāṇī. Why? This propensity made Kṛṣṇa obliged to accept the propensities of Rādhārāṇī, to understand Kṛṣṇa Himself. The devotees are more interested in worshipping Her, Rādhārāṇī. This is because, however fallen I may be, if somehow or the other I can please Rādhārāṇī, then it is very easy for me to understand Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He resides in His transcendental abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana, the topmost planet in the spiritual region called Vaikuṇṭha. Goloka Vṛndāvana is an abode of bliss, of love. There, every step is a dance, every word a song. Devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa is the constitutional position of all living entities, and in the spiritual abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa are His devotees, absorbed in different mellows of devotion to Him. In a land where Lord Kṛṣṇa is the life and soul of everyone, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the topmost devotee. More than His servants, His friends, His parents, and all the cowherd damsels whose very center of existence is Kṛṣṇa, is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the crest jewel of the most intimate lovers of Kṛṣṇa. The truth of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is enigmatic, mystical, far beyond the reach of the mundane consciousness. Kṛṣṇa's Energies Kṛṣṇa's energies are broadly categorized as three—internal, external, and marginal. While Lord Kṛṣṇa takes pleasure in the internal energy personified by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, He manifests the material world through the external energy personified by Durgādevī. And the tiny living entities, who can exist either under the influence of the internal energy or the external energy, are His marginal energy. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the pleasure potency that Kṛṣṇa enjoys. She is the root of the pure selfless feelings of service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. She is the queen of the abode of perfect love. All that exists in that world is absorbed in innumerable feelings of intense love of God, nurtured by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. She is the alādhanī potency of Kṛṣṇa. That alādhanī energy gives Kṛṣṇa pleasure and nourishes His devotees. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has elaborately discussed the alādhanī potency in his Prīti-sandarbha. He says that the Vedas clearly state, Only devotional service can lead one to the Personality of Godhead. Only devotional service can help a devotee meet the Supreme Lord face to face. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is attracted by devotional service, and as such, the ultimate supremacy of Vedic knowledge rests in knowing the science of devotional service. As stated in Caitanya-caritāmṛta-ādi-līlā, While the material energy punishes the living entities in order to cure their selfish tendencies, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the internal pleasure potency of Kṛṣṇa, fills them with the supreme devotional bliss of exclusively seeking Kṛṣṇa's pleasure. Lord Kṛṣṇa desires to know the mood of Rādhā. The ecstasy of Rādhārāṇī in serving Him was unfathomable to Lord Kṛṣṇa. He decided to discover that bliss by assuming the mood of Rādhārāṇī. So He appeared as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Lord Kṛṣṇa in the mood of Rādhā. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, during His earthly pastimes, gradually exhibited the pinnacle of the love of Kṛṣṇa towards the end of His earthly pastimes. Like the grief-stricken gopīs of Vṛndāvana, who felt acute separation from Kṛṣṇa after He went away to Mathura never to return, Lord Caitanya listlessly wandered about in Jagannāthapura, feeling pangs of separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa. He was immersed in this ultimate mood of devotion, called vipralambha-seva, service in a mood of separation. Lord Caitanya could then taste the intense ecstasy of devotion felt by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Rādhā-bhavadyati-suvalitam Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa, but He has accepted the propensities of Rādhārāṇī. As Rādhārāṇī is always feeling separation from Kṛṣṇa, similarly, in the position of Rādhārāṇī, Lord Caitanya was feeling separation from Kṛṣṇa. That is the teaching of Lord Caitanya. Feelings of separation, not meeting. The process of devotional service taught by Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His disciplic succession is how to feel separation from Kṛṣṇa, and that is Rādhārāṇī's position. Always feeling that separation. Mercy of Guru and Gauranga. For anyone with even the faintest tinge of selfishness, the divine, loving nature of Rādhārāṇī is impossible to understand or interpret. Yet, by the infinite grace of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya, even a hopelessly conditioned soul can gain an appreciation of the goings-on in the supreme abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa. If the aspiring devotee takes complete shelter of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the supreme devotee, his hopelessly selfish heart will quickly transform to feel the urgent desire to make Kṛṣṇa his all-in-all. Mahābhāva svarūpa Śrī Rādhā Thakurāṇī sarva-guṇa-khāṇi kṛṣṇa-kānta-śiromani Śrī Rādhā Thakurāṇī is the embodiment of Mahābhāva. She is the repository of all good qualities and the crest jewel among all the lovely consorts of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the personified embodiment of these three aspects of transcendental consciousness. She is therefore the highest principle in love of Godhead and is the supreme lovable object of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as stated in Caitanya-caritāmṛta-ādi-līlā. Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī says that the privilege of serving Śrī Rādhā is the rarest goal of life, and it is fitting that this privilege be attainable only by executing the most excellent of sādhanās. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Viśvanātha Chakravartī Pada has explained a verse as follows in his Ānanda-candraka purport. Śrīmani Manjari instructed a new Manjari. My dear clever girl, I am telling you from my own experience, it is better you make friends with Śrīmatī Rādhā. You may ask, why should I form a loving relation with Śrīmatī Rādhā? Rather, is it not better to establish a loving relation with Śrī Kṛṣṇa? No, it is not. I'll tell you why. Please listen carefully. No doubt it is highly pleasurable to get Śrī Hari's love, but if you love Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī deeply, then that precious pleasure will present itself to you on its own. This is because love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa is included within your love for Śrīmatī Rādhā. Hence, if you make friends with Her, it is needless to say that a loving relation with Śrī Kṛṣṇa will form naturally. When you become Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī's firm sakhi, then Śrī Kṛṣṇa will consider you as His beloved's dear friend, and so He will love you all the more. He will not love you so much if you make friends with Him directly. However, He will love you more if you love Her. So, I am telling you, if you can prove your love for Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī, then Śrī Kṛṣṇa will love you, even if you do not try for it. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is happier when our love for Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī is more than our love for Him. Also, when Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī does māṇ, or if the elders shut Her up in the house, then Śrī Kṛṣṇa will need you desperately to help Him meet Her. Then, He will, on His own, run behind you to make friends with you. You see, you don't have to work hard to make friends with Him. The one who has not worshipped the dust of Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī's lotus feet, has not taken shelter of Śrī Vṛndāvana that is decorated with Her footprints, has not conversed with the great devotees who are deeply immersed in Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī's servitude, how will such a person ever relish the most mysterious, fathomless ocean of rasa, that is, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as stated in Stavāvalī? Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī's servitude is not a mean thing. It is the highest position or the most blessed status. Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī's maidservant is a servant in spite of being a sakhi. She has the right to the entire sweet rasa. First, she relishes sweet rasa, and then she performs seva. Therefore, Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī's servitude is overflowing with rasa. The reason that almost all of our ācāryas preached Rādhādāsyam is no coincidence. They want us to practice Rādhādāsyam, and that is the only reason that the gotikas of Gopāla Guru Gosvāmī, Dhyān Chandra Gosvāmī, Siddha Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī only refer to practice of manjaribhāva, maidservant of Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī. Don't try to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa very quickly. It is a very big subject. If we want to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa very quickly, then there will be so many prakṛta-sahajiyās. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa philosophy has to be understood by the liberated person, not by the conditioned soul. So, we shall await for the fortunate moment when we are liberated. Then we shall understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa pranaya-vikṛtir. Because Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā, they are not on the material field. Try to understand. This is Jīva Gosvāmī's analysis that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Brāhmaṇa. The Supreme Brāhmaṇa cannot accept anything material. So, Rādhā is not in the material field. Śrīmatī Rādhā Rāṇī is as fully spiritual as Kṛṣṇa. No one should consider Her to be material. She is definitely not like the conditioned souls, who have mental bodies, gross and subtle, covered by material senses. She is all-spiritual, and both Her body and 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. Hare Kṛṣṇa