Radha Rukmani

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> , "ymoharir" <ymoharir>

> wrote:

>

> > I am trying to understand the rational why "radha" has been

> given more importance than "ruksmiNi"?

>

> > Any thoughts !?

> > Thank you,

> > Dr. Yadu

> ------------------------

 

Tks Radhakutirji for the wonderful reply to a wonderful question.

 

What is true for Bhakti yoga should be true for other yogas too.

 

Shri Krishna, who is called Paramshiva in Tantra, has two of

his powers....Adi_Prakriti and Yoga Maya.

 

Yoga Maya is the lower form of shakti which follows the desire

of Krishna...and instructions of the Adi-Prakriti. This yoga Maya, as

Radhakutir ji stated, denotes Rukmini.....the wife of Krishna obeying

him and serving him.

 

In the beginning...when Aham and Idam (Siva and shakti)

separate ...the Adi shakti takes form of Nada and her desire to

manifest Universe takes her away from the Lord, but her eternal

affinity towards her paramour tries to bring her back to the

Lord...this agitation causes the universe and all the energies are in

fact the manifestation of this centrifugal and centripital forces of

Shakti.

 

Adi-Shakti's Viraha (pain of separation)... manifests as universe

and we can hear the cries and see the tears of the Mother working hard

to meet her lord in the universe itself.

 

This Viraha of shakti is the highest of all Yogas...as it holds the

highest of love for the supreme. Radha manifested that Viraha in human

form....and since this way she projected the Viraha of Adi-shakti...the

highest of energy form...thus become the permanent Sakhi of Krishna.

 

baba

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Do you know that Young Radhe and Krishna are called as Sri Lakshmi and Sri

Narayan when they ascend the Throne, together called as Vishnu with 4 hands

 

And thatswhy Sri Krishna is always shown young and Sri Narayan is depicted as

grown up Deity.

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Namaste all.

 

An excerpt from 'Gopi's Love for Sri Krishna':

 

In reality, Sri Krishna is always inseparable from Sri Radha. Sri

Radha is Sri Krishna's own bliss aspect, which assumes a separate body

in order to enjoy the transcendent love and beauty of the Lord and the

Gopis, who are the eternal friends and associates of Sri Radha and who

are none else than so many manifestations of a particular class of

infinite energies (Shaktis), whose office is to help and supplement

His bliss aspect.

 

These Gopis, again, are subdivided into various groups or orders such

as friends, associates, companions, messengers, and maids. Sri Krishna

embodies supreme Beauty and supreme Love. Therefore, He is known as

the Lord of Rasa (sweetness or joy), the Charmer of Cupid, one who

puts to shame thousands of Cupids in loveliness of form, the original

seed or progenitor of the god of love, the Divine and eternally fresh

source of delight, solidified Knowledge and Bliss, and the Supreme

Purusha (Person). And Sri Radha is Sri Krishna's transcendent Energy

charmed by Sri Krishna's beauty and love, the embodiment of devotion

to and attachment for Sri Krishna.

 

Sri Krishna enjoys His own Beauty and sweetness through this, His own

Energy. This is the basis of Love between Sri Krishna the Lord of

Rasa, and Sri Radha, who enjoys that Rasa (sentiment of joy and

sweetness). This is not earthly love; it is never revealed in the

region of ordinary mortals. That is why Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita

says:

 

In the paramour-sentiment, Rasa (the feeling of joy and love) is

strung to the highest pitch. Except in Vraja, it is nowhere revealed.

 

"Vraja" here means the Divine region of Goloka, which is sustained on

the sentiment of Love for Sri Krishna. It is therefore that the Lord

of Vraja and the Master of Rasa, Sri Krishna, never goes even a step

beyond the boundary of this transcendent Brindaban.

 

Bhagavan Sri Krishna is pure Consciousness, pure Bliss, pure Iove,

pure Rasa (enjoyment), and these Gopis, the beloved of Sri Krishna,

are nothing but embodiments of consciousness, bliss, love and emotion

in their purest forms. By Gopis are meant Sri Radha, or the bliss

aspect of Sri Krishna, and Her companions, who are eternally engaged

in bringing about the union of Radha and Krishna, and who through that

effort enjoy happiness that is even more intense in experience than

the bliss enjoyed by Sri Radha.

 

The Gopis do not possess earthly bodies of the type we mortals

possess, made of flesh and blood, conceived in Prakriti and created

out of its elements, which take birth as a result of past Karma. They

are eternal; although manifested in creation and sporting in the world

of Death, they live in the state where death is transcended. Their

Divine forms and their eternal Rasa-dance can be perceived only by

Divine eyes through which overflows the purest sentiment of Love.

 

In the Padma-Purana the Lord Himself says to Sri Mahadeva with

reference to Sri Radha and the Gopis:

 

Sri Radha is My beloved—know Her to be the supreme Goddess.

Surrounding Her and behind Her are lakhs [millions] of Her female

companions. Just as my own form is eternal, they too are eternal. My

parents, friends, the cows and cowherds of Brindaban and Brindaban

itself are eternal and made of the purest elements of Consciosness and

Bliss. Know this Brindaban of Mine to the the very essence of Bliss.

 

In the Rasollasa Tantra Sri Shiva says to Devi Parvati [his consort]

referring to the Rasa-dance:

 

Just as there are the gross, subtle, and causal bodies of men, even so

there is a forth species known as the Bhava-Deha (body made of the

purest Love); this body is attained through God's grace, and is easily

obtained from birth to birth through His grace. This Bhava-Deha is

generally possessed by liberated souls who have the privilege of

eternally waiting upon the Lord, or by the Lord's own representatives

whose function it is to carry out God's purpose on earth. Or

occasionally, O supreme Goddess, this body may be attained by a soul

even by spiritual discipline. This Bhava-Deha is neither subject to

Gunas [forces of nature] nor is it beyond the Gunas [unmanifest], it

is a body purely Divine in essence, which is found only in Brindaban

and nowhere else. The Gopis attained their object through their union

with Sri Krishna; this union was neither actuated by Iust, nor was it

entirely free from desire. It was a union brought about by the

instrumentality of the Bhava-Deha.

 

>From these words of Sri Shiva it is quite evident that the love

between Sri Krishna and the Gopis was purely Divine in its nature. The

union of the Gopis with Sri Krishna was not of the earthly, gross, or

physical type. There was not the least play or exercise of the organs

of sense in the union. Therefore, it is a heinous crime to detect sin

in this Divine sport of Love.

 

http://www.dabase.net/gopilove.htm#gopis

 

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

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It is said Goloka is not in Heaven, it existed on the Earth itself some 5000

years ago.The Heaven was ruled by Sri Narayan and Sri Lakshmi who were Radhe and

Krishna at younger age.

 

There the religion was Adi Sanatan Devi Devta Religion and everyone in Heaven

lived very happily.

 

There everyone lived in Soul consciousness never coming in to body

consciousness, hence they all lived in 16 Celestial degress of purity (100%)

free from the vices of Lust, Desire, Anger, Greed and Attachment.

 

There the Children are born by the Power of Yoga , the details of virgin birth

can be read from http://www.seekeronline.org/journals/y2005/jun05.html

 

There the palaces were of Gold and Diamonds and the population was 9 lakhs

 

It is called Amar lok because, people come to know where they are going to have

the next birth and very happily they go and take new birth like snake shedding

its skin.They lived for a period of 8 births of 150 years each and the Heaven

last for 1250 years.

 

The King was so powerful that he did not need the help of ministers to take

advice and there is no remembrance of God since everyone lived happily without

having any Doctors or Lawyers.

 

pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

Namaste all.

 

An excerpt from 'Gopi's Love for Sri Krishna':

 

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[Guest guest]

Namaste.

The following verses from Scriptures could be helpful in clearing the

doubts of sincere seekers about the Divine Consorts of the Lord.

 

In Padma Purana, Srimati Radharani is glorified

through these prayers-

 

"devi kRSNa mayi proktA rAdhikA para devatA

sarva lakSmI svarUpA sA kRSNAhlAda svarUpiNI,

 

tataH sA procyate viprahlAdinIti manISibhiH

tatkalA koti kotyAnzA durgAdyas triguNAtmikAH,

 

"sAtu sAkSAn mahAlakSmIH kRSNo nArAyaNaH prabhuH"

nai tayor vidyate bhedaH svalpo 'pi muni sattama,

 

iyaM durgA hari rudraH kRSNaH zakra iyaM zacI

sAvitrIyaM harir brahmA dhUmorNA sau yamo hariH"

 

Lord KRISHNA Himself says to RADHA RANI

in B.V.P. (Krishna Janma Khanda),

 

yathA tvaM rAdhikA devI goloke gokule tathA

vaikuNTeca mahA lakShmIr bhavatI ca sarasvatI

 

bhavatI martyalakSmIzca kSIroda sayina priyA

dharma putra vadhUstvaM ca sAntir lakSmI svarUpiNi

 

kapilasya priyA kAntA bhArate bhAratI satI

dvArAvatyAM mahAlakSmIr bhavatI rukmiNI satI

 

tvaM sIta mithilayAM ca tvacchAyA draupadi satI

rAvaNena hRtA tvaM ca tvaM ca rAmasya kaminI"

 

O Radhey! Just as You are My beloved Soul of Goloka

and the Queen of Gokula, in the same way You manifest

as Maha Lakshmi and Sarasvati in Vaikuntha,

 

and also as Martya-lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu. You appear

as the opulent form of Santi who is the wife of Dharmaputra.

You alone are Bharati Sati, the consort of Kapila Deva.

 

You manifest in Dvaraka, as Mahalakshmi, Queen Rukmini and

Your Shadow Itself takes up the form of Draupadi Sati.

 

You ALONE appear in Mithila as Sita Devi and become

the Beloved of Sri Rama and are abducted by Ravana.

 

"tulasI puNya rupa ca gaGgA bhuvana pAvanI

brahma loke ca sAvitrI kalayA tvaM vasundharA

 

goloke rAdhikA tvaM ca sarva gopAlakezvarI"

 

You are Radhika, the eternal Mistress of all Gopis in Goloka.

You are also identified as the origin of Prakriti, and

as Savitri in Lord Brahma's abode.

 

You are also worshipped as the Sacred Plant Tulasi and

as ever purifying River of the three worlds, Ganga,

and in part as Mother Earth.

 

'ra' zabdaz ca mahA viSNur

vasvAni yasya lomasu

vizva prANiSu vizveSu

'dha' dhAtrI mAtru vAcakaH

 

dhAtrI mAtAhaM yetesaM

mUla prakritirIzvarI

 

The syllable 'rA' signifies Mahavishnu,

in whose hair-pores the world exists;

The syllable 'dhA' means creatrix or wet nurse (dhAtri),

in the sense of mother (of Mahavishnu in Whose pores worlds

containing all creatures exists).

So Radhaji is the wet nurse, the Mother of all the creation

(including Mahavishnu), the Goddess Mulaprakriti,

the Original Potency of Lord.

 

rakSa rakSa jaganmAtA

aparAdhaM kSamasva me

zizunAM aparAdhena

kuto mAtAhi kupyAti

 

Situated in the Maternal Role Radhaji can be

approached by devotees more freely by praying,

"Protect me, protect me, O Mother of the world.

Forgive my faults. Where is the mother who is

angered with the faults her own children?"

 

Adau rAdhAM samuccArya

pascAt kRSNaM parAtparaM

 

(BVP)

 

Adau samuccarred rAdhAM pazcAt kRSNaM ca mAdhavaM

ZrIkRSNo jagatAM tAto jaganmAtA ca rAdhikA

pituH zata guNe mAtA vandyA garIyasI

 

(Narada Panca Ratram)

 

First utter the Name of Mother of the world 'RAdhA'

and afterwards the Name of Father, Supreme Self, 'KrishNa',

because, the Guru of Father is the Mother and so she is worshippable

hundred times more.

 

Sri Krishna says to Sri Narada Muni in

Padma Purana-

 

"ahaM ca lalitA devI rAdhikAyA ca gIyate

ahaM ca vAsudev Akhyo nityaM kAma kalAtmakaH

 

satyaM yoshi tvarUpo 'haM yoSicchAhaM sanAtanI

ahaM ca lalita devI puM rUpA kRSNa vigrahA

 

avayor antaraM nAsti satyaM satyaM hi nAradA"

 

O Narada! There is NO DIFFERENCE between US,

though appearing as Male and Female Divine Personalities,

for We always are of ONE SINGLE ETERNAL DIVINE FORM.

 

Vrindavan Viharini Alibeli Sarkar ki Jai!

Nikunja Viharini Rangili Sarkar ki Jai,!!

 

The Scriptures are very clear about the the Dvine Consorts,

Srimati Radha Rani and Queen Rukmani devi.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!