Srimati Radharani....A confidential subject

Thursday, 27 August 2009 12:07 Written by TVD

 Today is a very auspicious day. It is the apperance day of Srimati Radharani, the eternal consort of Sri Krsna. The residents of Vrindavan generally greet everyone saying "Jaya Sri Radhe" and sometimes in Kirtan everyone chants "Radhe Shyam" etc. She is the dearmost to Lord Krsna. To understand Radharani from a conditional mind is  very offensive. She is not a ordinary lady nor a special lady of this world but she is infact the pleasure giving potency of Lord Krsna. By the mercy of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and his intimate associates we are able to get a glimpse of her identity. Below is a verse given by Swaroop Damodar Goswami, a very intimate associate of Lord Caitanya explaining secrets about Krsna, Radharani and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. 

"The loving affairs of Sri Radha and Krsna are transcendental manifestations of  the Lord's internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Radha and Krsna are on in Their identity. They separated Themselves eternally. Now these two transcendental identities have again united, in the form of Sri Krsna Caitanya. I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion of Srimati Radharani although He is Krsna Himself. "- CC Adi 1.5 

 " The two transcendentalists Radha and Krsna are a puzzle tomaterialists. The above description of Radha and Krsna from the diary of Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami is a condensed explanation, but one needsgreat spiritual insight to understand the mystery of these twopersonalities. One is enjoying in two. Sri Krsna is the potent factor,and Srimati Radharani is the internal potency. According to Vedantaphilosophy, there is no difference between the potent and potency; theyare identical. We cannot differentiate between one and the other, anymore than we can separate fire from heat. Everything in the Absolute is inconceivable in relative existence.Therefore in relative cognizance it is very difficult to assimilate thistruth of the oneness between the potent and the potency. The philosophy of inconceivable oneness and difference propounded by Lord Caitanya isthe only source of understanding for such intricacies of transcendence.In fact, Radharani is the internal potency of Sri Krsna, and Sheeternally intensifies the pleasure of Sri Krsna. Impersonalists cannot understand this without the help of a maha-bhagavata devotee. The veryname Rad ha suggests th at S he is eternally the topmost mistress of the comforts of Sri Krsna. As such, She is the medium transmitting theliving entities' service to Sri Krsna. Devotees in Vrndavana therefore seek the mercy of Srimati Radharani in order to be recognized as lovingservitors of Sri Krsna. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally approaches the fallen conditioned souls of the iron age to deliver the highest principle of transcendental relationships with the Lord. The activities of Lord Caitanya are primarily in the role of the pleasure giving portion of His internal potency."