Dear Prabhus,
Hare Krsna. All glories to His Divine Grace, Srila Prabhupada. Please accept my fallen obeisances.
I hope your sadhana and bhajan are going well.
>From CC 1.1.5, “The loving affairs of Sri Radha and Krsna are transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal pleasure giving potency. Although Radha and Krsna are one in Their identity, They separated Themselves eternally”.
When Krsna descended in His original form over 5000 years as a cowherd boy in Vrndavan, Srimati Radharani accompanied Her beloved, appearing in Her original form two weeks after the appearance of Krsna. Found on a lotus flower by Her father, King Vrshabhanu and his wife Kirtida near the village of Varsana, some miles away from Nandagrama, King Vrshabhanu and his wife Kirtida took the most beautiful baby girl, Srimati Radharani, with them to their home. So delighted were they to find this extraordinarily beautiful baby girl, yet there was great disappointment as well: The baby child would not open Her eyes, and thus they thought their child was blind. In anxiety, Kirtida went to see Yasodamayi to tell of her dilemma, bringing her baby daughter with her. While the beautiful Kirtida was relating her concerns to Yasodamayi, Srimati Radharani crawled over to Krsna’s crib, and holding on to its bars, pulled Herself up, placing Her face on the level with Krsna’s. It was then that Srimati Radharani first opened Her eyes to see He, Who is eternally the object of Her vision. Until that time Her eyes had remained closed.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzCPtDOXqI
Srimati Radharani is possessed of 25 qualities through which She keeps Krsna under Her [transcendental] control:
(1) She is sweetness personified
(2) She is a fresh young girl
(3) Her eyes are always moving
(4) She is always brightly smiling
(5) She possesses all auspicious marks on Her body
(6) She can agitate Krsna by the flavor of Her person
(7) She is expert in the art of singing
(8) She can speak very nicely and sweetly
(9) She is expert in presenting feminine attractions
(10) She is modest and gentle
(11) She is always very merciful
(12) She is transcendentally cunning
(13) She knows how to dress nicely
(14) She is always shy; (15) She is always respectful
(16) She is always patient
(17) She is very grave
(18) She is enjoyed by Krsna
(19) She is always situated on the highest devotional platform
(20) She is the abode of love of the residents of Gokula
(21) She can give shelter to all kinds of devotees
(22) She is always affectionate to superiors and inferiors
(23) She is always obliged by the dealings of Her associates
(24) She is the greatest among Krsna’s girlfriends
(25) She always keeps Krsna under Her control.
Because Krsna was feeling that Srimati Radharani was experiencing greater bliss than He, in regards to Her love for Krsna, Krsna in wanting to taste this, accepted the mood (heart), and complexion of His beloved, thus coming in the form of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Thus the Divine Couple, eternally “separated,” “combined” into One, through This form of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
May the mercy of Srimati Radharani be upon us, on this auspicious day of Her Divine Appearance.
You please be well.
May we be safely situated under the shelter of Srila Prabhupada’s Lotus Feet, Those of our Guru Varga, the Vaisnavas, and Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.
With love,
Your servant,
B. Radha-Govinda Swami
Hare Krsna
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