Ocean of Nectar: Srimati Radharani Is The Reservoir Of Krishna's Pleasure

1. SRIMATI RADHARANI IS THE RESERVOIR OF KRISHNA’S PLEASURE

Srimati Radharani is the reservoir of Krishna’s pleasure. Krishna is anandamaya and She is Krishna’s pleasure potency. All of Krishna’s pleasure and joy is simply based on Srimati Radharani. Therefore when you go to Vrindavan what is the principle consideration? The loving exchange between Radha and Krishna and everything else is around that relationship.

Other Gopis are there supporting that loving exchange. The parents are there and the friends are there and they also are supporting that conjugal relationship between Radha and Krishna. All glory all glory to that brilliant love which is the essence of all the mellows, what is that? Conjugal mellow. Conjugal can be of two types: sakya (husband and wife) and prakya (lover and beloved). Conjugal relationship means that between a man and women that between Radha and Krishna. The approval of social conformity is not there, no consideration of what people think of Them, Krishna does not give a damn. That is the difference between lila purusotam and mariyada purusotam. Lord Ramachandra mariyada purusotam, He is very concerned because He is establishing the principle of dharma therefore Ramachandra very careful how He behaves. He did not accept more than one wife. All the Ksatriya generally have many wives at least two. Even Narayana has two wives, formally Sridevi and Bhudevi. Ramachandra accepted only one wife Sitadevi. Ramachandra even banished Sitadevi because some people cast some doubt about her character so that is how Ramachandra’s pastimes are.

But Krishna, what to speak of wives, Krishna did not even get married and was dancing with others wives, apparently it is immoral but where is the consideration of morality or immorality of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? He is the Supreme proprietor, when the proprietor enjoys somebody or something is there anything wrong? No. How He does it is His business and this is what He is doing through His lila. He kind of creates a situation where they feel if these girls were married to someone else, as if they do not belong to Krishna. It is said again by the Goswamis the loving exchange becomes most intensified when there are obstacles, the movement of love is crooked it’s not on a straight line. When the obstacles are there what happens? Obstacles you have to bypass it so that is how love moves. Obstacle bypass it, find a way around. The senior members of the family say don’t go meet that boy, the girl finds a way out and meets her lover quietly and that makes the love so exciting and that’s exactly what Krishna is doing, also the consideration is there whether it was moral or not.

Jiva Goswami in Gopal Champu pointed out that Radha and Krishna did in fact get married, there is an elaborate description of how Krishna got married to Radharani. Another consideration is when Brahma stole the cowherd boys and the claves, Krishna expanded Himself to all the cowherd boys and the calves. At that time Krishna told Nanda Maharaja that this is a very good year for the girls to get married. So who did they get married to? They got married to Krishna. It is also mentioned apparently although they were married they could not even touch those girls. Even though there is four sampradayas like Abhimanyu could not even touch Srimati Radharani, apparently he was more interested in his cows, he would spend more time with the cows and be more concerned with the cows. These are just apparent reasons for the sake of the pastimes to make it more joyful. Vrindavan is beyond anyone’s understanding. Although there are four sampradayas, they all authorised and bona fide but even they did not have any understanding of Vrindavan.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came and gave the understanding of Vrindavan. If Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not come then who would have revealed the glory of Srimati Radharani who is the Ultimate culmination of loving exchange. How could anyone have ever understood the glory of Srimati Radharani and the glory of Radharani’s love for Krishna Their loving exchange with Krishna who could ever understand that had Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu not have come. Vrindavan is beyond Vaikuntha, people generally have the understanding of Vaikuntha but Vrindavan is beyond that.

So this is the gift of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu which has been so magnanimously distributed all over the world by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada! Vrindavan means Vrajaprema and that means loving exchange between Sri Krishna and Srimati Radharani.

2. SRILA PRABHUPADA’S APPRECIATION

This is the manifestation of Srila Prabhupada’s causeless mercy, it’s simply due to his causeless mercy that today we can get together on an occasion like this and speak about Srimati Radharani and Sri Krishna. Had we not have come into contact with Srila Prabhupada or ISKCON, this good fortune would have not been there for us. And actually this is the highest spiritual understanding, there is nothing beyond that.

3. GURU MAHARAJA’S INSTRUCTIONS

Who is Caitanya Mahaprabhu? RadhaKrishna, so when we achieve perfection of devotion to Caitanya Mahaprabhu who will we see? Whom did Ramananda Raya see, he saw RadhaKrishna in place of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Now when you are seeing RadhaKrishna where are you? You are in Vrindavan and all these wonderful lilas are there to create that attraction to Vrindavan dham. So this is the gift of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu which has been so magnanimously distributed all over the world by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada! Vrindavan means Vrajaprema and that means loving exchange between Sri Krishna and Srimati Radharani.

(The content of this E-magazine was based on a Lecture given by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami on 6 September 2013, ISKCON Lenasia, South Africa.)

(Compiled and Edited by Hemavati Radhika Dasi)

CONTENTS:

1. SRIMATI RADHARANI IS THE RESERVOIR OF KRISHNA’S PLEASURE

2. SRILA PRABHUPADA’S APPRECIATION

3. GURU MAHARAJA’S INSTRUCTIONS