Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s attractiveness

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devī kṛṣṇa-mayī proktā – rādhikā para-devatā
sarva-lakṣmī-mayī sarva– kāntiḥ sammohinī parā

SYNONYMS

devī—who shines brilliantly; kṛṣṇa-mayī—nondifferent from Lord Kṛṣṇa; proktā—called; rādhikā—Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; para-devatā—most worshipable; sarva-lakṣmī-mayī—presiding over all the goddesses of fortune; sarva-kāntiḥ—in whom all splendor exists; sammohinī—whose character completely bewilders Lord Kṛṣṇa; parā—the superior energy.

TRANSLATION

“The transcendental goddess Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the direct counterpart of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord.” (CC/Adi/4/83)

Śrī Kṛṣṇa praised the Beauty of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī

“My dear auspicious Rādhārāṇī, Your body is the source of all beauty. Your red lips are softer than the sense of immortal sweetness, Your face bears the aroma of a lotus flower, Your sweet words defeat the vibrations of the cuckoo, and Your limbs are cooler than the pulp of sandalwood. All My transcendental senses are overwhelmed in ecstatic pleasure by tasting You, who are completely decorated by beautiful qualities.” (CC Adi 4.259)

Springtime had arrived, and the full moon of that season inspired the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is complete in everything, with new attraction to meet the beautiful Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī at night to increase the beauty of Their pastimes. (CC Antya 1.136)

The beauty of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s eyes forcibly devours the beauty of newly grown blue lotus flowers, and the beauty of Her face surpasses that of an entire forest of fully blossomed lotuses. Her bodily luster seems to place even gold into a painful situation. Thus the wonderful, unprecedented beauty of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is awakening in Vṛndāvana. (CC Antya 1.169)

Śrī Kṛṣṇa: “Although the effulgence of the moon is brilliant initially at night, in the daytime it fades away. Similarly, although the lotus is beautiful during the daytime, at night it closes. But, O My friend, the face of My most dear Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is always bright and beautiful, both day and night. Therefore, to what can Her face be compared?” (CC Antya 1.170)

When Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī smiles, waves of joy overtake Her cheeks, and Her arched eyebrows dance like the bow of Cupid. Her glance is so enchanting that it is like a dancing bumblebee, moving unsteadily due to intoxication. That bee has bitten the whorl of My heart. (CC/Antya/1/171)

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s personal beauty is the reddish powder known as kuṅkuma, Her affection for Her associates is sandalwood pulp, and the sweetness of Her smile is camphor. All these, combined together, are smeared over Her body. (CC Madhya 8.170)

The female parrot said, “Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s affection, Her exquisite beauty and good behavior, Her artistic dancing and chanting and Her poetic compositions are all so attractive that they attract the mind of Kṛṣṇa, who attracts the mind of everyone in the universe. (CC Madhya 17.212)

A Description of Radharani’s Exquisite Beauty

Radha-Krishna-gonaddesha-dipika by Srila Rupa Goswami provides the verses that describes Radha’s transcendental beauty. ‘She wears a radiant blue garment and Her splendid bodily luster appears like molten gold, stationary lightning, or the yellow pigment called gorocana. Her face is as splendid and clear as millions of full-moons. Her large lotus-like eyes are lined with black mascara and reach back almost to Her ears, their beauty is incomparable to anything within the three worlds. Her amorous side-long glances can cause even the Lord of creation to tremble and swoon. Her luxuriant black hair reaches down past Her waist and is beautifully braided and decorated with forest flowers, while wisps of curling locks adorn Her enchanting forehead, which bears the sign of great majesty and is anointed with red kunkum. Her long bow-shaped brows are capable of firing deadly arrows of amorous desire towards Her beloved. Her exquisitely shaped nose is as beautiful as a sesame flower and decorated with a radiant moon-like pearl. Her nectar-like lips defeat the red lotus flowers in full bloom, while decorated with an enchanting smile of unfathomable love for Her beloved Lord. Her teeth appear like perfect rows of shining white pearls. The beauty of Her delicately sculptured chin defeats even the god of love, leaving him in bewilderment – being decorated with a droplet of musk, Her chin appears as if a baby bee is drinking nectar from a golden lotus flower. Her delicately shaped ears which are perfectly attuned to hear the enchanting song of the transcendental flute are adorned with glittering earrings. Marked with lines of divine beauty, Her slender neck smeared with exotic scent is decorated with a necklace of the finest pearls.

Covered with a shimmering bodice, Her perfectly raised breasts resemble water-pots filled with nectar. Her slender waist enchants the heavens and Her naval is as deep as the ocean. Her waist is beautified with three exquisite folds and adorned with a fine jeweled girdle of tinkling bells. Her long slender arms, decorated with gem-encrusted armlets and jeweled bracelets, appear like golden creepers longing to embrace Her beloved Lord. Her exquisitely shaped hands resemble two pink lotus flowers illuminated by a series of shining moons that are Her fingernails, and Her elegantly formed fingers bear many fabulous jeweled rings. Beneath Her radiant blue dress, Her curvaceous hips and plantain like thighs have completely defeated the god of love, who now lies unconscious on the ground. Her knees are like golden balls perfectly balanced upon finely tapered legs. Her ankles are adorned with golden ankle-bells that caress Her delicately formed lotus-feet and jingle melodiously as She moves. Her exquisitely shaped toes are adorned with golden rings and Her divine lotus-feet, that are decorated with red javaka, are the only shelter of pure devotees. Radharani’s lotus-like hands are marked with many auspicious signs including; a crescent-moon, lotus, parasol, stambha, conch-shell, earring, sacred-tree, flower, bumblebee, chamara, and a swastika. Her lotus feet are marked with many auspicious signs including; a conch-shell, a moon, an elephant, elephant-goad, barley-corn, a flag, drum, fish, and swastika’.