Jaya Srimati Radharani!

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Who is Srimati Radharani

Sri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is

stated in the

Svetasvatara Upanishad (6.8) 'The Supreme Lord has

multipotencies, which

act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity

are being

directed solely by His will'. The material world, where we are

now living,

is called bahir-anga-sakti, the external energy of Krishna.

 

Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-Gita (9.10): 'Under My

superintendence the

material energy is working'.Apart from the material, external

energy, there is

another energy - the internal energy. By the internal energy the

spiritual world

is being manifested. As the material world is manipulated under the

external

energy, the spiritual world is conducted by the internal potency.

That internal

potency, called the Hladini Sakti, is Srimati Radharani.

 

In CC Adi 1.5 it is said "The loving affairs of Sri Radha and

Krishna are

transcendental manifestations of the Lord's internal pleasure-giving

potency.

Although Radha and Krishna are one in Their identity, They separated

Themselves

eternally". Srimati Radharani, as the highest devotee of Sri

Krishna, derives

the greatest pleasure in serving Him. She is the origin of all the

Gopis and of

all the Goddesses of Fortune (Lakshmi devi) who are engaged in the

service of

the Lord. She is the mainstay, the ideal and the ultimate refuge of

all devotees

embarking on the path of devotional service. Without first getting

the mercy of

Srimati Radharani it is impossible to even approach Sri Krishna.

 

The Hare Krishna maha-mantra is in fact a prayer to Srimati

Radharani. The word

"Hare" is derived from "Hara" which denotes the internal energy or

Hladini Sakti

of Krishna. This is none other that Srimati Radharani. When one is

chanting the

maha-mantra, one is saying: "O Krishna ! O Radha !! Please engage me

in your

devotional service". Krishna is difficult to approach directly, but

He is

bhakta-vatsala, always eager to please His devotees. Thus the mood

of a devotee

is to invoke the compassion of Srimati Radharani Who then recommends

the devotee

to Sri Krishna. Since Krishna is easily pleased by Srimati

Radharani, He then

readily accepts the devotee in His service.

 

Vrindavan Lila

When the Lord descends, He is invariably accompanied by His loving

associates.

Five thousand years when Sri Krishna descended in His original form,

as a

cowherd boy in Vrindavan, Srimati Radharani accompanied Him in Her

original

form. She appeared exactly two weeks after the appearance of Sri

Krishna on the

eighth day of the waning moon (ashtami). Srimati Radharani was found

on a lotus

flower by Vrashabhanu and his wife Kirtida near the village of

Barsana, a few

miles away from Nandagrama. It is said that Srimati Radharani first

opened Her

eyes only when Sri Krishna appeared before Her. Until that time Her

eyes were

closed.

 

Understanding the mellows of the relationship between Krishna and

Radha is

impossible from the mundane perspective. Understanding madhurya-rasa

(devotion

at the platform of intimacy), which is the highest level of

relationship of a

devotee with Krishna, is only possible in the most elevated stages

of bhakti

where there is not even a tinge of material contamination. Therefore

Svarupa

Damodara Gosvami has written: "The loving affairs of Radha and

Krishna are not

ordinary, material loving affairs, although they appear like that.

Rascals and

fools misunderstand Krishna to be an ordinary man. They do not know

Krishna's

transcendental nature. They try to imitate Krishna"s rasa-lila, His

dancing with

the Gopis". There is no offense greater than this. Devotees starting

on the path

of bhakti must carefully avoid such offenses. They must simply pray

to Srimati

Radharani, as their most compassionate Mother, for mercy, for bhakti

and for an

opportunity to serve Sri Krishna.

 

Qualities of Srimati Radharani

As explained in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (Nectar of Devotion), Krishna

possesses

sixty-four transcendental qualities. Srimati Radharani has twenty-

five

transcendental qualities, but She can control even Krishna by them.

Her

transcendental qualities are as follows:

 

 

She is sweetness personified

She is a fresh young girl

Her eyes are always moving

She is always brightly smiling

She possesses all auspicious marks on Her body

She can agitate Krishna by the flavor of Her person

She is expert in the art of singing

She can speak very nicely and sweetly

She is expert in presenting feminine attractions

She is modest and gentle

She is always very merciful

She is transcendentally cunning

She knows how to dress nicely

She is always shy

She is always respectful

She is always patient

She is very grave

She is enjoyed by Krishna

She is always situated on the highest devotional platform

She is the abode of love of the residents of Gokula

She can give shelter to all kinds of devotees

She is always affectionate to superiors and inferiors

She is always obliged by the dealings of Her associates

She is the greatest amongst Krishna's girl friends

She always keeps Krishna under Her control.

 

 

 

Krishna means "all attractive", since He attracts every one to Him.

But Srimati

Radharani attracts even Krishna. Although Krishna says vedaham

samatitani - 'I

know everything' - He fails to understand Radharani. Krishna is

acyuta

(inconceivable), but for Him Radharani is inconceivable. Radharani

is so great.

Krishna thought, 'I am full. I am complete in every respect, but

still I want to

understand Radharani.' This question obliged Krishna to accept the

propensities

of Radharani to understand Himself. So five hundred years ago

Krishna appeared

as Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in the mood of Srimati Radharani and with

Her golden

complexion, as His own greatest devotee. Krishna did this to

understand the

depth of devotion of Srimati Radharani.

 

Mercy of Srimati Radharani

Srimati Radharani is the ideal maha-bhagvat. As the greatest

devotee, She is

also the most compassionate. She is unable to bear the suffering of

the souls

trapped in the material world. The word "aradhaya" (prayers) is

derived from

"Radha" and means "worshippable". Similarly the word "aparadha"

(offenses) means

"against Radha". When one performs devotional service, one is

pleasing Srimati

Radharani and when commits Vaishnava aparadha against Krishna or His

devotees,

one is offending Radharani. Srimati Radharani is the guardian, the

mentor and

the benefactor of all aspiring devotees. When a soul starts to

inquire about

Krishna, Srimati Radharani is most pleased and takes charge of his

devotional

advancements. As one makes progress, one continues to invoke the

mercy of

Srimati Radharani and when She is pleased, Krishna is automatically

pleased.

 

All glories to Srimati Radharani!Svetasvatara Upanishad (6.8) 'The Supreme Lord has

multipotencies, which

act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity

are being

directed solely by His will'. The material world, where we are

now living,

is called bahir-anga-sakti, the external energy of Krishna.

 

Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-Gita (9.10): 'Under My

superintendence the

material energy is working'.Apart from the material, external

energy, there is

another energy - the internal energy. By the internal energy the

spiritual world

is being manifested. As the material world is manipulated under the

external

energy, the spiritual world is conducted by the internal potency.

That internal

potency, called the Hladini Sakti, is Srimati Radharani.

 

In CC Adi 1.5 it is said "The loving affairs of Sri Radha and

Krishna are

transcendental manifestations of the Lord's internal pleasure-giving

potency.

Although Radha and Krishna are one in Their identity, They separated

Themselves

eternally". Srimati Radharani, as the highest devotee of Sri

Krishna, derives

the greatest pleasure in serving Him. She is the origin of all the

Gopis and of

all the Goddesses of Fortune (Lakshmi devi) who are engaged in the

service of

the Lord. She is the mainstay, the ideal and the ultimate refuge of

all devotees

embarking on the path of devotional service. Without first getting

the mercy of

Srimati Radharani it is impossible to even approach Sri Krishna.

 

The Hare Krishna maha-mantra is in fact a prayer to Srimati

Radharani. The word

"Hare" is derived from "Hara" which denotes the internal energy or

Hladini Sakti

of Krishna. This is none other that Srimati Radharani. When one is

chanting the

maha-mantra, one is saying: "O Krishna ! O Radha !! Please engage me

in your

devotional service". Krishna is difficult to approach directly, but

He is

bhakta-vatsala, always eager to please His devotees. Thus the mood

of a devotee

is to invoke the compassion of Srimati Radharani Who then recommends

the devotee

to Sri Krishna. Since Krishna is easily pleased by Srimati

Radharani, He then

readily accepts the devotee in His service.

 

Vrindavan Lila

When the Lord descends, He is invariably accompanied by His loving

associates.

Five thousand years when Sri Krishna descended in His original form,

as a

cowherd boy in Vrindavan, Srimati Radharani accompanied Him in Her

original

form. She appeared exactly two weeks after the appearance of Sri

Krishna on the

eighth day of the waning moon (ashtami). Srimati Radharani was found

on a lotus

flower by Vrashabhanu and his wife Kirtida near the village of

Barsana, a few

miles away from Nandagrama. It is said that Srimati Radharani first

opened Her

eyes only when Sri Krishna appeared before Her. Until that time Her

eyes were

closed.

 

Understanding the mellows of the relationship between Krishna and

Radha is

impossible from the mundane perspective. Understanding madhurya-rasa

(devotion

at the platform of intimacy), which is the highest level of

relationship of a

devotee with Krishna, is only possible in the most elevated stages

of bhakti

where there is not even a tinge of material contamination. Therefore

Svarupa

Damodara Gosvami has written: "The loving affairs of Radha and

Krishna are not

ordinary, material loving affairs, although they appear like that.

Rascals and

fools misunderstand Krishna to be an ordinary man. They do not know

Krishna's

transcendental nature. They try to imitate Krishna"s rasa-lila, His

dancing with

the Gopis". There is no offense greater than this. Devotees starting

on the path

of bhakti must carefully avoid such offenses. They must simply pray

to Srimati

Radharani, as their most compassionate Mother, for mercy, for bhakti

and for an

opportunity to serve Sri Krishna.

 

Qualities of Srimati Radharani

As explained in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (Nectar of Devotion), Krishna

possesses

sixty-four transcendental qualities. Srimati Radharani has twenty-

five

transcendental qualities, but She can control even Krishna by them.

Her

transcendental qualities are as follows:

 

 

She is sweetness personified

She is a fresh young girl

Her eyes are always moving

She is always brightly smiling

She possesses all auspicious marks on Her body

She can agitate Krishna by the flavor of Her person

She is expert in the art of singing

She can speak very nicely and sweetly

She is expert in presenting feminine attractions

She is modest and gentle

She is always very merciful

She is transcendentally cunning

She knows how to dress nicely

She is always shy

She is always respectful

She is always patient

She is very grave

She is enjoyed by Krishna

She is always situated on the highest devotional platform

She is the abode of love of the residents of Gokula

She can give shelter to all kinds of devotees

She is always affectionate to superiors and inferiors

She is always obliged by the dealings of Her associates

She is the greatest amongst Krishna's girl friends

She always keeps Krishna under Her control.

 

 

 

Krishna means "all attractive", since He attracts every one to Him.

But Srimati

Radharani attracts even Krishna. Although Krishna says vedaham

samatitani - 'I

know everything' - He fails to understand Radharani. Krishna is

acyuta

(inconceivable), but for Him Radharani is inconceivable. Radharani

is so great.

Krishna thought, 'I am full. I am complete in every respect, but

still I want to

understand Radharani.' This question obliged Krishna to accept the

propensities

of Radharani to understand Himself. So five hundred years ago

Krishna appeared

as Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in the mood of Srimati Radharani and with

Her golden

complexion, as His own greatest devotee. Krishna did this to

understand the

depth of devotion of Srimati Radharani.

 

Mercy of Srimati Radharani

Srimati Radharani is the ideal maha-bhagvat. As the greatest

devotee, She is

also the most compassionate. She is unable to bear the suffering of

the souls

trapped in the material world. The word "aradhaya" (prayers) is

derived from

"Radha" and means "worshippable". Similarly the word "aparadha"

(offenses) means

"against Radha". When one performs devotional service, one is

pleasing Srimati

Radharani and when commits Vaishnava aparadha against Krishna or His

devotees,

one is offending Radharani. Srimati Radharani is the guardian, the

mentor and

the benefactor of all aspiring devotees. When a soul starts to

inquire about

Krishna, Srimati Radharani is most pleased and takes charge of his

devotional

advancements. As one makes progress, one continues to invoke the

mercy of

Srimati Radharani and when She is pleased, Krishna is automatically

pleased.

 

All glories to Srimati Radharani !!

 

stated in the

Svetasvatara Upanishad (6.8) 'The Supreme Lord has

multipotencies, which

act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity

are being

directed solely by His will'. The material world, where we are

now living,

is called bahir-anga-sakti, the external energy of Krishna.

 

Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-Gita (9.10): 'Under My

superintendence the

material energy is working'.Apart from the material, external

energy, there is

another energy - the internal energy. By the internal energy the

spiritual world

is being manifested. As the material world is manipulated under the

external

energy, the spiritual world is conducted by the internal potency.

That internal

potency, called the Hladini Sakti, is Srimati Radharani.

 

In CC Adi 1.5 it is said "The loving affairs of Sri Radha and

Krishna are

transcendental manifestations of the Lord's internal pleasure-giving

potency.

Although Radha and Krishna are one in Their identity, They separated

Themselves

eternally". Srimati Radharani, as the highest devotee of Sri

Krishna, derives

the greatest pleasure in serving Him. She is the origin of all the

Gopis and of

all the Goddesses of Fortune (Lakshmi devi) who are engaged in the

service of

the Lord. She is the mainstay, the ideal and the ultimate refuge of

all devotees

embarking on the path of devotional service. Without first getting

the mercy of

Srimati Radharani it is impossible to even approach Sri Krishna.

 

The Hare Krishna maha-mantra is in fact a prayer to Srimati

Radharani. The word

"Hare" is derived from "Hara" which denotes the internal energy or

Hladini Sakti

of Krishna. This is none other that Srimati Radharani. When one is

chanting the

maha-mantra, one is saying: "O Krishna ! O Radha !! Please engage me

in your

devotional service". Krishna is difficult to approach directly, but

He is

bhakta-vatsala, always eager to please His devotees. Thus the mood

of a devotee

is to invoke the compassion of Srimati Radharani Who then recommends

the devotee

to Sri Krishna. Since Krishna is easily pleased by Srimati

Radharani, He then

readily accepts the devotee in His service.

 

Vrindavan Lila

When the Lord descends, He is invariably accompanied by His loving

associates.

Five thousand years when Sri Krishna descended in His original form,

as a

cowherd boy in Vrindavan, Srimati Radharani accompanied Him in Her

original

form. She appeared exactly two weeks after the appearance of Sri

Krishna on the

eighth day of the waning moon (ashtami). Srimati Radharani was found

on a lotus

flower by Vrashabhanu and his wife Kirtida near the village of

Barsana, a few

miles away from Nandagrama. It is said that Srimati Radharani first

opened Her

eyes only when Sri Krishna appeared before Her. Until that time Her

eyes were

closed.

 

Understanding the mellows of the relationship between Krishna and

Radha is

impossible from the mundane perspective. Understanding madhurya-rasa

(devotion

at the platform of intimacy), which is the highest level of

relationship of a

devotee with Krishna, is only possible in the most elevated stages

of bhakti

where there is not even a tinge of material contamination. Therefore

Svarupa

Damodara Gosvami has written: "The loving affairs of Radha and

Krishna are not

ordinary, material loving affairs, although they appear like that.

Rascals and

fools misunderstand Krishna to be an ordinary man. They do not know

Krishna's

transcendental nature. They try to imitate Krishna"s rasa-lila, His

dancing with

the Gopis". There is no offense greater than this. Devotees starting

on the path

of bhakti must carefully avoid such offenses. They must simply pray

to Srimati

Radharani, as their most compassionate Mother, for mercy, for bhakti

and for an

opportunity to serve Sri Krishna.

 

Qualities of Srimati Radharani

As explained in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (Nectar of Devotion), Krishna

possesses

sixty-four transcendental qualities. Srimati Radharani has twenty-

five

transcendental qualities, but She can control even Krishna by them.

Her

transcendental qualities are as follows:

 

 

She is sweetness personified

She is a fresh young girl

Her eyes are always moving

She is always brightly smiling

She possesses all auspicious marks on Her body

She can agitate Krishna by the flavor of Her person

She is expert in the art of singing

She can speak very nicely and sweetly

She is expert in presenting feminine attractions

She is modest and gentle

She is always very merciful

She is transcendentally cunning

She knows how to dress nicely

She is always shy

She is always respectful

She is always patient

She is very grave

She is enjoyed by Krishna

She is always situated on the highest devotional platform

She is the abode of love of the residents of Gokula

She can give shelter to all kinds of devotees

She is always affectionate to superiors and inferiors

She is always obliged by the dealings of Her associates

She is the greatest amongst Krishna's girl friends

She always keeps Krishna under Her control.

 

 

 

Krishna means "all attractive", since He attracts every one to Him.

But Srimati

Radharani attracts even Krishna. Although Krishna says vedaham

samatitani - 'I

know everything' - He fails to understand Radharani. Krishna is

acyuta

(inconceivable), but for Him Radharani is inconceivable. Radharani

is so great.

Krishna thought, 'I am full. I am complete in every respect, but

still I want to

understand Radharani.' This question obliged Krishna to accept the

propensities

of Radharani to understand Himself. So five hundred years ago

Krishna appeared

as Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in the mood of Srimati Radharani and with

Her golden

complexion, as His own greatest devotee. Krishna did this to

understand the

depth of devotion of Srimati Radharani.

 

Mercy of Srimati Radharani

Srimati Radharani is the ideal maha-bhagvat. As the greatest

devotee, She is

also the most compassionate. She is unable to bear the suffering of

the souls

trapped in the material world. The word "aradhaya" (prayers) is

derived from

"Radha" and means "worshippable". Similarly the word "aparadha"

(offenses) means

"against Radha". When one performs devotional service, one is

pleasing Srimati

Radharani and when commits Vaishnava aparadha against Krishna or His

devotees,

one is offending Radharani. Srimati Radharani is the guardian, the

mentor and

the benefactor of all aspiring devotees. When a soul starts to

inquire about

Krishna, Srimati Radharani is most pleased and takes charge of his

devotional

advancements. As one makes progress, one continues to invoke the

mercy of

Srimati Radharani and when She is pleased, Krishna is automatically

pleased.

 

All glories to Srimati Radharani !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I really liked to read about Radharani shes the best servant of Krishna.Shes in my heart.I know when i see Radha all my worries cease.The beautiful cow herd girl who is dearedt to Krishna.Jai Shri Krishna Jai Shri Radhika

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I want to try to better understand Radha so I can be closer to Krishna.

 

Hare Krishna