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<div class="section" id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2></div> | |||
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<div class="heading">The transcendental goddess Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the direct counterpart of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.</div> | |||
= | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.83|CC Adi 4.83, Translation and Purport]]: “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.”''' | ||
This text is from the Bṛhad-gautamīya-tantra.</div> | |||
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< | <div class="quote" book="CC" link="CC Adi 4.89" link_text="CC Adi 4.89, Translation"> | ||
<div class="heading">Rādhā is parama-devatā, the supreme goddess.</div> | |||
<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.89|CC Adi 4.89, Translation]]: Therefore Rādhā is parama-devatā, the supreme goddess, and She is worshipable for everyone. She is the protectress of all, and She is the mother of the entire universe.'''</div> | |||
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<div class="heading">Lord Kṛṣṇa enchants the world, but Śrī Rādhā enchants even Him. Therefore She is the supreme goddess of all.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:CC Adi 4.95|CC Adi 4.95, Translation]]: Lord Kṛṣṇa enchants the world, but Śrī Rādhā enchants even Him. Therefore She is the supreme goddess of all.'''</div> | ||
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< | <div class="section" id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2></div> | ||
< | <div class="sub_section" id="Krsna,_The_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead" text="Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead"><h3>Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead</h3></div> | ||
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<div class="heading">As Kṛṣṇa has numerous expansions of viṣṇu-mūrtis, so His pleasure potency, Rādhārāṇī, also has innumerable expansions of goddesses of fortune.</div> | |||
<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:KB 47|Krsna Book 47]]:''' According to expert opinion, Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, is a subordinate expansion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. As Kṛṣṇa has numerous expansions of viṣṇu-mūrtis, so His pleasure potency, Rādhārāṇī, also has innumerable expansions of goddesses of fortune. Therefore the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmījī, is always eager to be elevated to the position of the gopīs.</div> | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 1 June 2017
Expressions researched:
"Radha is parama-devata"
|"the supreme goddess"
|"The transcendental goddess"
|"Srimati Radharani"
|"innumerable expansions of goddesses of fortune"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
The transcendental goddess Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the direct counterpart of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
CC Adi 4.83, Translation and Purport: “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.”
This text is from the Bṛhad-gautamīya-tantra.
Rādhā is parama-devatā, the supreme goddess.
CC Adi 4.89, Translation: Therefore Rādhā is parama-devatā, the supreme goddess, and She is worshipable for everyone. She is the protectress of all, and She is the mother of the entire universe.
Lord Kṛṣṇa enchants the world, but Śrī Rādhā enchants even Him. Therefore She is the supreme goddess of all.
CC Adi 4.95, Translation: Lord Kṛṣṇa enchants the world, but Śrī Rādhā enchants even Him. Therefore She is the supreme goddess of all.
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
As Kṛṣṇa has numerous expansions of viṣṇu-mūrtis, so His pleasure potency, Rādhārāṇī, also has innumerable expansions of goddesses of fortune.
Krsna Book 47: According to expert opinion, Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, is a subordinate expansion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. As Kṛṣṇa has numerous expansions of viṣṇu-mūrtis, so His pleasure potency, Rādhārāṇī, also has innumerable expansions of goddesses of fortune. Therefore the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmījī, is always eager to be elevated to the position of the gopīs.