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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<div id="SB_Canto_101_to_1013" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13"><h3>SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13</h3>
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<div class="heading">Rādhikā can be understood from the word ārādhana, which indicates that She enjoys the highest loving affairs with Kṛṣṇa.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.3.31|SB 10.3.31, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The special significance of Kṛṣṇa's bearing a flute in His hands in Vrajabhūmi, Vṛndāvana, is described as mādhurī. .. virājate. The form of the Lord with a flute in His hands is most attractive, and the one who is most sublimely attracted is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Rādhikā. She enjoys supremely blissful association with Kṛṣṇa. Sometimes people cannot understand why Rādhikā's name is not mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Actually, however, Rādhikā can be understood from the word ārādhana, which indicates that She enjoys the highest loving affairs with Kṛṣṇa.</p>
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<div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<div id="CC_Adi-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Adi-lila"><h3>CC Adi-lila</h3>
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<div class="heading">rādhikā-prāṇa-vallabhaḥ
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 2.22|CC Adi 2.22, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">(8) From the Ananta-saṁhitā:</p>
:ya eva bhagavān kṛṣṇo
:rādhikā-prāṇa-vallabhaḥ
:sṛṣṭy ādau sa jagan-nātho
:gaura āsīn maheśvari
<p>"The Supreme Person, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, who is the life of Śrī Rādhārāṇī and is the Lord of the universe in creation, maintenance and annihilation, appears as Gaura, O Maheśvarī."</p>
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<div id="CCAdi459_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="394" link="CC Adi 4.59" link_text="CC Adi 4.59">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.59|CC Adi 4.59, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the transformation of Kṛṣṇa's love. She is His internal energy called hlādinī."</p>
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<div id="CCAdi459_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="394" link="CC Adi 4.59" link_text="CC Adi 4.59">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.59|CC Adi 4.59, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the transformation of Kṛṣṇa's love. She is His internal energy called hlādinī.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi47475_3" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="409" link="CC Adi 4.74-75" link_text="CC Adi 4.74-75">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.74-75|CC Adi 4.74-75, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The beloved consorts of Lord Kṛṣṇa are of three kinds: the goddesses of fortune, the queens, and the milkmaids of Vraja, who are the foremost of all. These consorts all proceed from Rādhikā.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi477_4" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="411" link="CC Adi 4.77" link_text="CC Adi 4.77">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.77|CC Adi 4.77, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The goddesses of fortune are partial manifestations of Śrīmatī Rādhikā, and the queens are reflections of Her image.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi487_5" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="421" link="CC Adi 4.87" link_text="CC Adi 4.87">
<div class="heading">The personality who excels all in worshiping Kṛṣṇa may therefore be called Rādhikā, the greatest servitor.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.87|CC Adi 4.87, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Her worship (ārādhana) consists of fulfilling the desires of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Therefore the Purāṇas call Her Rādhikā.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>The name "Rādhā" is derived from the root word ārādhana, which means "worship." The personality who excels all in worshiping Kṛṣṇa may therefore be called Rādhikā, the greatest servitor.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi494_6" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="428" link="CC Adi 4.94" link_text="CC Adi 4.94">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.94|CC Adi 4.94, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrīmatī Rādhikā fulfills all the desires of Lord Kṛṣṇa. This is the meaning of "sarva-kānti."</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4106_7" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="439" link="CC Adi 4.106" link_text="CC Adi 4.106">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.106|CC Adi 4.106, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The heart of Lord Caitanya is the image of Śrī Rādhikā’s emotions. Thus feelings of pleasure and pain arise constantly therein.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4108_8" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="441" link="CC Adi 4.108" link_text="CC Adi 4.108">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.108|CC Adi 4.108, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Just as Rādhikā went mad at the sight of Uddhava, so Lord Caitanya was obsessed day and night with the madness of separation.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4114_9" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="447" link="CC Adi 4.114" link_text="CC Adi 4.114">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.114|CC Adi 4.114, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">In youth He tasted the essence of rasa, fulfilling His desires in pastimes like the rāsa dance with Śrīmatī Rādhikā and the other gopīs.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4124_10" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="456" link="CC Adi 4.124" link_text="CC Adi 4.124">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.124|CC Adi 4.124, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">"The love of Rādhikā is My teacher, and I am Her dancing pupil. Her prema makes Me dance various novel dances."</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4132_11" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="464" link="CC Adi 4.132" link_text="CC Adi 4.132">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.132|CC Adi 4.132, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Śrī Rādhikā is the highest abode of that love, and I am its only object.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4139_12" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="471" link="CC Adi 4.139" link_text="CC Adi 4.139">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.139|CC Adi 4.139, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Only Rādhikā, by the strength of Her love, tastes all the nectar of My sweetness.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4145_13" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="477" link="CC Adi 4.145" link_text="CC Adi 4.145">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.145|CC Adi 4.145, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">"If I deliberate on a way to taste it, I find that I hanker for the position of Rādhikā."</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4214_14" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="543" link="CC Adi 4.214" link_text="CC Adi 4.214">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.214|CC Adi 4.214, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Among the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the foremost. She surpasses all in beauty, in good qualities, in good fortune and, above all, in love.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4247_15" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="574" link="CC Adi 4.247" link_text="CC Adi 4.247">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.247|CC Adi 4.247, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“And although My touch is cooler than ten million moons, I am refreshed by the touch of Śrīmatī Rādhikā.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4248_16" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="575" link="CC Adi 4.248" link_text="CC Adi 4.248">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.248|CC Adi 4.248, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Thus although I am the source of happiness for the entire world, the beauty and attributes of Śrī Rādhikā are My life and soul.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4267_17" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="594" link="CC Adi 4.267" link_text="CC Adi 4.267">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.267|CC Adi 4.267, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“Unless I accept the luster of the ecstatic love of Śrī Rādhikā, these three desires cannot be fulfilled.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi4271272_18" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="598" link="CC Adi 4.271-272" link_text="CC Adi 4.271-272">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.271-272|CC Adi 4.271-272, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">First Lord Kṛṣṇa made His parents and elders appear. Then Kṛṣṇa Himself, with the sentiments and complexion of Rādhikā, appeared in Navadvīpa, like the full moon, from the womb of mother Śacī, which is like an ocean of pure milk.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi66970_19" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="900" link="CC Adi 6.69-70" link_text="CC Adi 6.69-70">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 6.69-70|CC Adi 6.69-70, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">What to speak of the other gopīs, even Śrī Rādhikā, who in every respect is the most elevated of them all and who has bound Śrī Kṛṣṇa forever by Her loving attributes, serves His feet as His maidservant.</p>
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<div id="CCAdi71819_20" class="quote" parent="CC_Adi-lila" book="CC" index="968" link="CC Adi 7.18-19" link_text="CC Adi 7.18-19">
<div class="heading">Among the gopīs Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the best. Śrīmatī Rādhikā is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 7.18-19|CC Adi 7.18-19, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Distinguishing between pure devotees and internal or confidential devotees, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, in his book Upadeśāmṛta, traces the following gradual process of development. Out of many thousands of karmīs, one is better when he is situated in perfect Vedic knowledge. Out of many such learned scholars and philosophers, one who is actually liberated from material bondage is better, and out of many such persons who are actually liberated, one who is a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is considered to be the best. Among the many such transcendental lovers of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the gopīs are the best, and among the gopīs Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the best. Śrīmatī Rādhikā is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, and similarly Her ponds, namely, Śyāma-kuṇḍa and Rādhā-kuṇḍa, are also very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</p>
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<div id="CC_Madhya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Madhya-lila"><h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3>
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<div class="heading">In the conjugal pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is the hero (nāyaka), and Rādhikā is the heroine (nāyikā).
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 8.204-205|CC Madhya 8.204-205, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In the conjugal pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is the hero (nāyaka), and Rādhikā is the heroine (nāyikā). The first business of the gopīs is to chant the glories of both the hero and the heroine. Their second business is to gradually create a situation in which the hero may be attracted to the heroine and vice versa. Their third business is to induce both of Them to approach each other. Their fourth business is to surrender unto Kṛṣṇa, the fifth is to create a jovial atmosphere, the sixth to give Them assurance to enjoy Their pastimes, the seventh to dress and decorate both hero and heroine, the eighth to show expertise in expressing Their desires, the ninth to conceal the faults of the heroine, the tenth to cheat their respective husbands and relatives, the eleventh to educate, the twelfth to enable the hero and heroine to meet at the proper time, the thirteenth to fan the hero and heroine, the fourteenth to sometimes reproach the hero and heroine, the fifteenth to set conversations in motion, and the sixteenth to protect the heroine by various means.</p>
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<div id="CCMadhya2333_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="5235" link="CC Madhya 23.33" link_text="CC Madhya 23.33">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 23.33|CC Madhya 23.33, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“"O Govinda, this youthful girl named Rādhikā is today constantly pouring forth tears like nectar falling from flowers as She sings Your holy names in a sweet voice."</p>
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<div id="CC_Antya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Antya-lila"><h3>CC Antya-lila</h3>
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 1.156|CC Antya 1.156, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya further inquired, “How have you described Vṛndāvana, the vibration of the transcendental flute, and the relationship between Kṛṣṇa and Rādhikā?</p>
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 19.107|CC Antya 19.107, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">After hearing all these statements from Śrīmatī Rādhikā, the bumblebee left and then returned. After some thought, the gopī said:</p>
:priya-sakha punar āgāḥ preyasā preṣitaḥ kiṁ
:varaya kim anurundhe mānanīyo ‘si me ‘ṅga
:nayasi katham ihāsmān dustyaja-dvandva-pārśvaṁ
:satatam urasi saumya śrīr vadhūḥ sākam āste
<p>"You are Kṛṣṇa's very dear friend, and by His order you have come here again. Therefore you are worshipable for Me. O best of messengers, tell Me now, what is your request? What do you want? Kṛṣṇa cannot give up conjugal love, and therefore I understand that you have come here to take us to Him. But how will you do that? We know that many goddesses of fortune now reside at Kṛṣṇa's chest, and they constantly serve Kṛṣṇa better than we can."</p>
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<div id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" class="section" sec_index="3" parent="compilation" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2>
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<div id="Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya" class="sub_section" sec_index="0" parent="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Teachings of Lord Caitanya"><h3>Teachings of Lord Caitanya</h3>
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<div id="TLC1_0" class="quote" parent="Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya" book="OB" index="7" link="TLC 1" link_text="Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 1">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:TLC 1|Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 1]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding the dealings of the gopīs with Sri Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, it is described (SB 10.30.36-40) that when Sri Kṛṣṇa took Śrīmatī Rādhikā alone from the rāsa dance, She thought that Kṛṣṇa had left all the other gopīs. Although they were all equally beautiful, He satisfied Her in this way, and She began to think proudly, "My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa has left the beautiful gopīs, and He is satisfied with Me alone." In the forest, She told Kṛṣṇa, "My dear Kṛṣṇa, I am unable to move anymore. Now if You like You can take Me wherever You desire." Kṛṣṇa replied, "Come lean against My shoulder," and as soon as He said this, He disappeared, whereupon Śrīmatī Rādhikā repined greatly.</p>
<p>When Kṛṣṇa disappeared from the scene of the rāsa dance, all the gopīs began to repent, saying, "Dear Kṛṣṇa! We have come here and have left aside our husbands, sons, relatives, brothers and friends! Neglecting their advice, we have come to You, and You best know the reason for our coming here. You know that we have come because we are captivated by the sweet sound of Your flute. But You are so cunning that in the dead of night You have left girls and women like us! This is not very good for You."</p>
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<div id="TLC6_1" class="quote" parent="Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya" book="OB" index="12" link="TLC 6" link_text="Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 6">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:TLC 6|Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 6]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">There is a passage in the Fourth Chapter of the Lalita-mādhava (4.19), in which Kṛṣṇa addresses Uddhava as follows: "My dear friend, the form of Govinda, the cowherd boy, attracts Me. Indeed, I wish to be like the damsels of Vraja, who are also attracted by this form of Govinda." Similarly, in the Eighth Chapter, Kṛṣṇa says: "O how wonderful it is! Who is this person? After seeing Him, I am so attracted that I am now desiring to embrace Him just like Rādhikā."</p>
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<div id="TLC31_2" class="quote" parent="Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya" book="OB" index="37" link="TLC 31" link_text="Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 31">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:TLC 31|Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 31]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">In Govinda-līlāmṛta there is a verse which states: "Who is the breeding ground for Kṛṣṇa's affection? The answer is that it is only Śrīmatī Rādhikā. Who is Kṛṣṇa's most lovable object? The answer is that it is only Śrīmatī Rādhikā and no one else." Sheen in the hair, moisture in the eyes and firmness in the breasts are all qualities present in Śrīmatī Rādhikā. Only Śrīmatī Rādhikā is able to fulfill all the desires of Kṛṣṇa. No one else can do so.</p>
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