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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> |
| == Sri Caitanya-caritamrta == | | </div> |
| | | <div id="CC_Madhya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Madhya-lila"><h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3> |
| === CC Madhya-lila === | | </div> |
| | | <div id="CCMadhya219_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="305" link="CC Madhya 2.19" link_text="CC Madhya 2.19"> |
| <span class="CC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 2.19|CC Madhya 2.19, Translation]]: (Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī spoke thus, in distress due to separation from Kṛṣṇa:) “Oh, what shall I say of My distress? After I met Kṛṣṇa My loving propensities sprouted, but upon separating from Him I sustained a great shock, which is now continuing like the sufferings of a disease. The only physician for this disease is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but He is not taking care of this sprouting plant of devotional service. What can I say about the behavior of Kṛṣṇa? Outwardly He is a very attractive young lover, but at heart He is a great cheat, very expert in killing others’ wives.”''' | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 2.19|CC Madhya 2.19, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">(Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī spoke thus, in distress due to separation from Kṛṣṇa:) “Oh, what shall I say of My distress? After I met Kṛṣṇa My loving propensities sprouted, but upon separating from Him I sustained a great shock, which is now continuing like the sufferings of a disease. The only physician for this disease is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but He is not taking care of this sprouting plant of devotional service. What can I say about the behavior of Kṛṣṇa? Outwardly He is a very attractive young lover, but at heart He is a great cheat, very expert in killing others' wives.”"</p> |
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| <span class="CC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 2.20|CC Madhya 2.20, Translation]]: (Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī continued lamenting about the consequences of loving Kṛṣṇa:) “My dear friend, I do not understand the regulative principles given by the creator. I loved Kṛṣṇa for happiness, but the result was just the opposite. I am now in an ocean of distress. It must be that now I am going to die, for My vital force no longer remains. This is My state of mind.''' | | </div> |
| | | <div id="CCMadhya220_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="306" link="CC Madhya 2.20" link_text="CC Madhya 2.20"> |
| === CC Antya-lila === | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 2.20|CC Madhya 2.20, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">(Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī continued lamenting about the consequences of loving Kṛṣṇa:) “My dear friend, I do not understand the regulative principles given by the creator. I loved Kṛṣṇa for happiness, but the result was just the opposite. I am now in an ocean of distress. It must be that now I am going to die, for My vital force no longer remains. This is My state of mind."</p> |
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| '''Rādhārāṇī thought: 'Since I have heard the name of a person called Kṛṣṇa, I have practically lost My good sense'.'''
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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> |
| <span class="CC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:CC Antya 1.142|CC Antya 1.142, Translation and Purport]]: “[Experiencing previous attachment to Kṛṣṇa (pūrva-rāga), Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī thought:] ‘Since I have heard the name of a person called Kṛṣṇa, I have practically lost My good sense. Then, there is another person who plays His flute in such a way that after I hear the vibration, intense madness arises in My heart. And again there is still another person to whom My mind becomes attached when I see His beautiful lightninglike effulgence in His picture. Therefore I think that I am greatly condemned, for I have become simultaneously attached to three persons. It would be better for Me to die because of this.’''' | | </div> |
| | | <div id="CCAntya1142_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="141" link="CC Antya 1.142" link_text="CC Antya 1.142"> |
| This verse is Vidagdha-madhava 2.9. | | <div class="heading">Rādhārāṇī thought: 'Since I have heard the name of a person called Kṛṣṇa, I have practically lost My good sense'. |
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| <span class="CC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:CC Antya 1.146|CC Antya 1.146, Translation]]: “[Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī said to Her constant companion Viśākhā:] ‘My dear friend, if Kṛṣṇa is unkind to Me, there will be no need for you to cry, for it will not be due to any fault of yours. I shall then have to die, but afterwards please do one thing for Me: to observe My funeral ceremony, place My body with its arms embracing a tamāla tree like creepers so that I may remain forever in Vṛndāvana undisturbed. That is My last request.’”''' | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 1.142|CC Antya 1.142, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">“(Experiencing previous attachment to Kṛṣṇa (pūrva-rāga), Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī thought:) "Since I have heard the name of a person called Kṛṣṇa, I have practically lost My good sense. Then, there is another person who plays His flute in such a way that after I hear the vibration, intense madness arises in My heart. And again there is still another person to whom My mind becomes attached when I see His beautiful lightninglike effulgence in His picture. Therefore I think that I am greatly condemned, for I have become simultaneously attached to three persons. It would be better for Me to die because of this.""</p> |
| | | <p>This verse is Vidagdha-madhava 2.9.</p> |
| <span class="CC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:CC Antya 14.53|CC Antya 14.53, Translation and Purport]]: The ten bodily transformations resulting from separation from Kṛṣṇa are anxiety, wakefulness, mental agitation, thinness, uncleanliness, talking like a madman, disease, madness, illusion and death.''' | | </div> |
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| This verse is part of a description of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s different traits from Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Vipralambha-prakaraṇa 153), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. In this book, he elaborately explains the ten symptoms as follows. | | <div id="CCAntya1146_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="145" link="CC Antya 1.146" link_text="CC Antya 1.146"> |
| Cintā, anxiety. As stated in the Haṁsa-dūta (2): | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 1.146|CC Antya 1.146, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">"(Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī said to Her constant companion Viśākhā:) "My dear friend, if Kṛṣṇa is unkind to Me, there will be no need for you to cry, for it will not be due to any fault of yours. I shall then have to die, but afterwards please do one thing for Me: to observe My funeral ceremony, place My body with its arms embracing a tamāla tree like creepers so that I may remain forever in Vṛndāvana undisturbed. That is My last request."""</p> |
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| | <div id="CCAntya1453_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Antya-lila" book="CC" index="2418" link="CC Antya 14.53" link_text="CC Antya 14.53"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 14.53|CC Antya 14.53, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The ten bodily transformations resulting from separation from Kṛṣṇa are anxiety, wakefulness, mental agitation, thinness, uncleanliness, talking like a madman, disease, madness, illusion and death.</p> |
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| | <div class="purport text"><p>This verse is part of a description of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s different traits from Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Vipralambha-prakaraṇa 153), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. In this book, he elaborately explains the ten symptoms as follows.</p> |
| | <p>Cintā, anxiety. As stated in the Haṁsa-dūta (2):</p> |
| :yadā yāto gopī-hṛdaya-madano nanda-sadanān | | :yadā yāto gopī-hṛdaya-madano nanda-sadanān |
| ::mukundo gāndinyās tanayam anurundhan madhu-purīm | | ::mukundo gāndinyās tanayam anurundhan madhu-purīm |
| :tadāmāṅkṣīc cintā-sariti ghana-ghūrṇāparicayair | | :tadāmāṅkṣīc cintā-sariti ghana-ghūrṇāparicayair |
| ::agādhāyāṁ bādhāmaya-payasi rādhā virahiṇī | | ::agādhāyāṁ bādhāmaya-payasi rādhā virahiṇī |
| | | <p>“At Akrūra's request, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma left the house of Nanda Mahārāja for Mathurā. At that time the mind of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī was disrupted, and She became almost mad because of extreme separation from Kṛṣṇa. She experienced great mental pain and agitation, which caused Her to drown in mental speculation in the river of anxiety. She thought, "Now I am going to die, and when I die, Kṛṣṇa will surely come back to see Me again. But when He hears of My death from the people of Vṛndāvana, He will certainly be very unhappy. Therefore I shall not die."” This is the explanation of the word cintā.</p> |
| “At Akrūra’s request, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma left the house of Nanda Mahārāja for Mathurā. At that time the mind of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī was disrupted, and She became almost mad because of extreme separation from Kṛṣṇa. She experienced great mental pain and agitation, which caused Her to drown in mental speculation in the river of anxiety. She thought, ‘Now I am going to die, and when I die, Kṛṣṇa will surely come back to see Me again. But when He hears of My death from the people of Vṛndāvana, He will certainly be very unhappy. Therefore I shall not die.’” This is the explanation of the word cintā. | | <p>Jāgara, wakefulness. As stated in the Padyāvalī (326):</p> |
| Jāgara, wakefulness. As stated in the Padyāvalī (326): | |
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| :yāḥ paśyanti priyaṁ svapne dhanyās tāḥ sakhi yoṣitaḥ | | :yāḥ paśyanti priyaṁ svapne dhanyās tāḥ sakhi yoṣitaḥ |
| ::asmākaṁ tu gate kṛṣṇe gatā nidrāpi vairiṇī | | ::asmākaṁ tu gate kṛṣṇe gatā nidrāpi vairiṇī |
| | | <p>Thinking Herself very unfortunate, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī addressed Her very dear friend Viśākhā, "My dear friend, if I could see Kṛṣṇa in My dreams, I would certainly be glorified for My great fortune. But what can I do? Sleep also plays mischievously with Me. Indeed, it has become My enemy. Therefore I have not slept since the departure of Kṛṣṇa."</p> |
| Thinking Herself very unfortunate, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī addressed Her very dear friend Viśākhā, “My dear friend, if I could see Kṛṣṇa in My dreams, I would certainly be glorified for My great fortune. But what can I do? Sleep also plays mischievously with Me. Indeed, it has become My enemy. Therefore I have not slept since the departure of Kṛṣṇa.” | | <p>Udvega, mental agitation. This word is explained in the Haṁsa-dūta (104) as follows:</p> |
| Udvega, mental agitation. This word is explained in the Haṁsa-dūta (104) as follows: | |
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| :mano me hā kaṣṭaṁ jvalati kim ahaṁ hanta karavai | | :mano me hā kaṣṭaṁ jvalati kim ahaṁ hanta karavai |
| ::na pāraṁ nāvāraṁ su-mukhi kalayāmy asya jaladheḥ | | ::na pāraṁ nāvāraṁ su-mukhi kalayāmy asya jaladheḥ |
| :iyaṁ vande mūrdhnā sapadi tam upāyaṁ kathaya me | | :iyaṁ vande mūrdhnā sapadi tam upāyaṁ kathaya me |
| ::parāmṛśye yasmād dhṛti-kaṇikayāpi kṣaṇikayā | | ::parāmṛśye yasmād dhṛti-kaṇikayāpi kṣaṇikayā |
| | | <p>Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī addressed Lalitā, "My dear beautiful-faced Lalitā, I cannot express how My heart is burning. It is a great, unfathomable ocean of anxiety. Still, I wish to offer My obeisances at your lotus feet. What shall I do? Please consider My condition and advise Me how I can become peaceful. That is My desire."</p> |
| Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī addressed Lalitā, “My dear beautiful-faced Lalitā, I cannot express how My heart is burning. It is a great, unfathomable ocean of anxiety. Still, I wish to offer My obeisances at your lotus feet. What shall I do? Please consider My condition and advise Me how I can become peaceful. That is My desire.” | | <p>Tānava, thinness, is described as follows:</p> |
| Tānava, thinness, is described as follows: | |
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| :udañcad-vaktrāmbhoruha-vikṛtir antaḥ-kulaṣitā | | :udañcad-vaktrāmbhoruha-vikṛtir antaḥ-kulaṣitā |
| ::sadāhārābhāva-glapita-kuca-kokā yadu-pate | | ::sadāhārābhāva-glapita-kuca-kokā yadu-pate |
| :viśuṣyantī rādhā tava viraha-tāpād anu-dinaṁ | | :viśuṣyantī rādhā tava viraha-tāpād anu-dinaṁ |
| ::nidāghe kuly eva kraśima-paripākaṁ prathayati | | ::nidāghe kuly eva kraśima-paripākaṁ prathayati |
| | | <p>When Uddhava returned to Mathurā after visiting Vṛndāvana, Lord Kṛṣṇa inquired from him about Rādhārāṇī and Viśākhā. Uddhava replied as follows: "Consider the condition of the gopīs! Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī especially is in a very painful condition because of separation from You. She has grown skinny, and Her bodily luster is almost gone. Her heart is immersed in pain, and because She has given up eating, Her breasts have become black, as if diseased. Because of separation from You, all the gopīs, especially Rādhārāṇī, appear like dried-up water holes under the scorching heat of the sun."</p> |
| When Uddhava returned to Mathurā after visiting Vṛndāvana, Lord Kṛṣṇa inquired from him about Rādhārāṇī and Viśākhā. Uddhava replied as follows: “Consider the condition of the gopīs! Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī especially is in a very painful condition because of separation from You. She has grown skinny, and Her bodily luster is almost gone. Her heart is immersed in pain, and because She has given up eating, Her breasts have become black, as if diseased. Because of separation from You, all the gopīs, especially Rādhārāṇī, appear like dried-up water holes under the scorching heat of the sun.” | | <p>Malina-aṅgatā, uncleanliness, is described as follows:</p> |
| Malina-aṅgatā, uncleanliness, is described as follows: | |
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| :hima-visara-viśīrṇāmbhoja-tulyānana-śrīḥ | | :hima-visara-viśīrṇāmbhoja-tulyānana-śrīḥ |
| ::khara-marud-aparajyad-bandhu-jīvopamauṣṭhī | | ::khara-marud-aparajyad-bandhu-jīvopamauṣṭhī |
| :agha-hara śarad-arkottāpitendīvarākṣī | | :agha-hara śarad-arkottāpitendīvarākṣī |
| ::tava viraha-vipatti-mlāpitāsīd viśākhā | | ::tava viraha-vipatti-mlāpitāsīd viśākhā |
| | | <p>Uddhava said to Kṛṣṇa, "O most auspicious Kṛṣṇa, please hear me. The tribulation caused by Your absence has made Viśākhā languid. Her lips tremble like trees in a strong wind. Her beautiful face is like a lotus flower that has withered under the snow, and her eyes are like lotus petals scorched by the heat of the autumn sun."</p> |
| Uddhava said to Kṛṣṇa, “O most auspicious Kṛṣṇa, please hear me. The tribulation caused by Your absence has made Viśākhā languid. Her lips tremble like trees in a strong wind. Her beautiful face is like a lotus flower that has withered under the snow, and her eyes are like lotus petals scorched by the heat of the autumn sun.” | | <p>Pralāpa, mad talking, is explained in the Lalita-mādhava as follows:</p> |
| Pralāpa, mad talking, is explained in the Lalita-mādhava as follows: | |
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| :kva nanda-kula-candramāḥ kva śikhi-candra-kālaṅkṛtiḥ | | :kva nanda-kula-candramāḥ kva śikhi-candra-kālaṅkṛtiḥ |
| ::kva mandra-muralī-ravaḥ kva nu surendra-nīla-dyutiḥ | | ::kva mandra-muralī-ravaḥ kva nu surendra-nīla-dyutiḥ |
| :kva rāsa-rasa-tāṇḍavī kva sakhi jīva-rakṣauṣadhir | | :kva rāsa-rasa-tāṇḍavī kva sakhi jīva-rakṣauṣadhir |
| ::nidhir mama suhṛttamaḥ kva tava hanta hā dhig vidhiḥ | | ::nidhir mama suhṛttamaḥ kva tava hanta hā dhig vidhiḥ |
| | | <p>This is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s lamentation for Her beloved Kṛṣṇa, who was away from home. A woman whose husband has left home and gone to a foreign land is called proṣita-bhartṛkā. Lamenting for Kṛṣṇa in the same way that such a woman laments for her husband, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī said, "My dear friend, where is the glory of the family of Mahārāja Nanda, who wears a half-moon ornament on His head? Where is Kṛṣṇa, whose hue is like that of the indranīla jewel and who plays so nicely on His flute? Where is your friend, the best of all men, so expert in dancing in the circle of the rāsa dance? Where is He who is the real medicine to save Me from dying of heart disease? I must condemn Providence, for he has caused Me so many tribulations by separating Me from Kṛṣṇa."</p> |
| This is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s lamentation for Her beloved Kṛṣṇa, who was away from home. A woman whose husband has left home and gone to a foreign land is called proṣita-bhartṛkā. Lamenting for Kṛṣṇa in the same way that such a woman laments for her husband, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī said, “My dear friend, where is the glory of the family of Mahārāja Nanda, who wears a half-moon ornament on His head? Where is Kṛṣṇa, whose hue is like that of the indranīla jewel and who plays so nicely on His flute? Where is your friend, the best of all men, so expert in dancing in the circle of the rāsa dance? Where is He who is the real medicine to save Me from dying of heart disease? I must condemn Providence, for he has caused Me so many tribulations by separating Me from Kṛṣṇa.” | | <p>Vyādhi, disease, is also described in the Lalita-mādhava:</p> |
| Vyādhi, disease, is also described in the Lalita-mādhava: | |
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| :uttāpī puṭa-pākato ‘pi garala-grāmād api kṣobhaṇo | | :uttāpī puṭa-pākato ‘pi garala-grāmād api kṣobhaṇo |
| ::dambholer api duḥsahaḥ kaṭur alaṁ hṛn-magna-śūlyād api | | ::dambholer api duḥsahaḥ kaṭur alaṁ hṛn-magna-śūlyād api |
| :tīvraḥ prauḍha-visūcikāni cayato ‘py uccair mamāyaṁ balī | | :tīvraḥ prauḍha-visūcikāni cayato ‘py uccair mamāyaṁ balī |
| ::marmāṇy adya bhinatti gokula-pater viśleṣa-janmā jvaraḥ | | ::marmāṇy adya bhinatti gokula-pater viśleṣa-janmā jvaraḥ |
| | | <p>Being greatly afflicted by the pain of separation from Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī said, "My dear Lalitā, kindly hear Me. I cannot bear suffering the fever of separation from Kṛṣṇa, nor can I explain it to you. It is something like gold melting in an earthen box. This fever produces more distress than poison, and it is more piercing than a thunderbolt. I suffer exactly like someone almost dead from cholera. To be giving Me so much pain, this fever must be very strong indeed."</p> |
| Being greatly afflicted by the pain of separation from Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī said, “My dear Lalitā, kindly hear Me. I cannot bear suffering the fever of separation from Kṛṣṇa, nor can I explain it to you. It is something like gold melting in an earthen box. This fever produces more distress than poison, and it is more piercing than a thunderbolt. I suffer exactly like someone almost dead from cholera. To be giving Me so much pain, this fever must be very strong indeed.” | | <p>Unmāda, madness, is explained as follows:</p> |
| Unmāda, madness, is explained as follows: | |
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| :bhramati bhavana-garbhe nirnimittaṁ hasantī | | :bhramati bhavana-garbhe nirnimittaṁ hasantī |
| ::prathayati tava vārtāṁ cetanācetaneṣu | | ::prathayati tava vārtāṁ cetanācetaneṣu |
| :luṭhati ca bhuvi rādhā kampitāṅgī murāre | | :luṭhati ca bhuvi rādhā kampitāṅgī murāre |
| ::viṣama-viraha-khedodgāri-vibhrānta-cittā | | ::viṣama-viraha-khedodgāri-vibhrānta-cittā |
| | | <p>Uddhava said to Kṛṣṇa, "My dear Kṛṣṇa, all the gopīs are so afflicted by Your absence that they have become almost mad. O Murāri, at home Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī laughs unnecessarily and, like a madwoman, inquires about You from every entity without distinction, even from the stones. She rolls on the ground, unable to bear the agony of Your absence."</p> |
| Uddhava said to Kṛṣṇa, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, all the gopīs are so afflicted by Your absence that they have become almost mad. O Murāri, at home Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī laughs unnecessarily and, like a madwoman, inquires about You from every entity without distinction, even from the stones. She rolls on the ground, unable to bear the agony of Your absence.” | | <p>Moha, illusion, is explained as follows:</p> |
| Moha, illusion, is explained as follows: | |
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| :nirundhe dainyābdhiṁ harati guru-cintā paribhavaṁ | | :nirundhe dainyābdhiṁ harati guru-cintā paribhavaṁ |
| ::vilumpaty unmādaṁ sthagayati balād bāṣpa-laharīm | | ::vilumpaty unmādaṁ sthagayati balād bāṣpa-laharīm |
| :idānīṁ kaṁsāre kuvalaya-dṛśaḥ kevalam idaṁ | | :idānīṁ kaṁsāre kuvalaya-dṛśaḥ kevalam idaṁ |
| ::vidhatte sācivyaṁ tava viraha-mūrcchā-sahacarī | | ::vidhatte sācivyaṁ tava viraha-mūrcchā-sahacarī |
| | | <p>Lalitā wrote Kṛṣṇa the following letter on Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s behalf: "My dear Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has fallen unconscious on the ground, Her mind greatly agitated by Her separation from You. O enemy of Kaṁsa, You have now become a first-class politician, and therefore You can supposedly give relief to everyone. Therefore please consider the plight of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, or very soon You will hear of Her death. Maybe at that time You will lament, although now You are jubilant."</p> |
| Lalitā wrote Kṛṣṇa the following letter on Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s behalf: “My dear Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has fallen unconscious on the ground, Her mind greatly agitated by Her separation from You. O enemy of Kaṁsa, You have now become a first-class politician, and therefore You can supposedly give relief to everyone. Therefore please consider the plight of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, or very soon You will hear of Her death. Maybe at that time You will lament, although now You are jubilant.” | | <p>Mṛtyu, death, is explained in the Haṁsa-dūta (96):</p> |
| Mṛtyu, death, is explained in the Haṁsa-dūta (96): | |
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| :aye rāsa-krīḍā-rasika mama sakhyaṁ nava-navā | | :aye rāsa-krīḍā-rasika mama sakhyaṁ nava-navā |
| ::purā baddhā yena praṇaya-laharī hanta gahanā | | ::purā baddhā yena praṇaya-laharī hanta gahanā |
| :sa cen muktāpekṣas tvam asi dhig imāṁ tūla-śakalaṁ | | :sa cen muktāpekṣas tvam asi dhig imāṁ tūla-śakalaṁ |
| ::yad etasyā nāsā-nihitam idam adyāpi calati | | ::yad etasyā nāsā-nihitam idam adyāpi calati |
| | | <p>In the following letter, Lalitā chastised Kṛṣṇa for staying in Mathurā: “Simply by dancing in the circle of the rāsa dance, You attracted Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love. Why are You now so indifferent to my dear friend Rādhārāṇī? She is lying nearly unconscious, thinking of Your pastimes. I shall determine whether She is alive by putting a cotton swab under Her nostrils, and if She is still living, I shall chastise Her.”</p> |
| In the following letter, Lalitā chastised Kṛṣṇa for staying in Mathurā: “Simply by dancing in the circle of the rāsa dance, You attracted Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love. Why are You now so indifferent to my dear friend Rādhārāṇī? She is lying nearly unconscious, thinking of Your pastimes. I shall determine whether She is alive by putting a cotton swab under Her nostrils, and if She is still living, I shall chastise Her.”
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| == Other Books by Srila Prabhupada ==
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| === Teachings of Lord Caitanya ===
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| :jagāi mādhāi haite muñi se pāpiṣṭha | | :jagāi mādhāi haite muñi se pāpiṣṭha |
| ::purīṣera kīṭa muñi se lagiṣṭha | | ::purīṣera kīṭa muñi se lagiṣṭha |
| | | <p>He's not imitating, or he's speaking falsely. He feels like that. A mahā-bhāgavata feels like that, that "I am the lowest." Just like Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has sung, āmāra jīvana sada pāpe rata nāhika puṇyera leśa (?). He says like that, that "My life is always engaged in sinful activities. I've not a trace of pious activity." Āmāra jīvana sada ape rata nāhika puṇyera leśa. "I have given so much distress to all other living entities." He's representing common man. But he's feeling like that. It is not that artificially speaking. He's feeling like that. Just like Rādhārāṇī. She thinks always Herself as the lowest of the devotees. She thinks always. She sees always that the gopīs, other gopīs, they are better qualified to serve Kṛṣṇa. And She is not qualified, so much qualified. Therefore in Vṛndāvana, you'll find, the devotees approach Rādhārāṇī. "Jaya Rādhe." Because if Rādhārāṇī advocates for him to Kṛṣṇa, it is very easily accepted. And Rādhārāṇī says... If Rādhārāṇī's pleased, then She represents the devotee's case that "Here is a devotee. He's better than Me. Kindly accept his service, Kṛṣṇa." So Kṛṣṇa cannot deny. So mahā-bhāva. Rādhārāṇī is mahā-bhāva.</p> |
| He's not imitating, or he's speaking falsely. He feels like that. A mahā-bhāgavata feels like that, that "I am the lowest." Just like Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has sung, āmāra jīvana sada pāpe rata nāhika puṇyera leśa (?). He says like that, that "My life is always engaged in sinful activities. I've not a trace of pious activity." Āmāra jīvana sada ape rata nāhika puṇyera leśa. "I have given so much distress to all other living entities." He's representing common man. But he's feeling like that. It is not that artificially speaking. He's feeling like that. Just like Rādhārāṇī. She thinks always Herself as the lowest of the devotees. She thinks always. She sees always that the gopīs, other gopīs, they are better qualified to serve Kṛṣṇa. And She is not qualified, so much qualified. Therefore in Vṛndāvana, you'll find, the devotees approach Rādhārāṇī. "Jaya Rādhe." Because if Rādhārāṇī advocates for him to Kṛṣṇa, it is very easily accepted. And Rādhārāṇī says... If Rādhārāṇī's pleased, then She represents the devotee's case that "Here is a devotee. He's better than Me. Kindly accept his service, Kṛṣṇa." So Kṛṣṇa cannot deny. So mahā-bhāva. Rādhārāṇī is mahā-bhāva. | | <p>Caitanya Mahāprabhu displayed that mahā-bhāva. That mahā-bhāva is not possible for ordinary man. It is especially prerogative of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and who played the part of Rādhārāṇī, although He's Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu.</p> |
| Caitanya Mahāprabhu displayed that mahā-bhāva. That mahā-bhāva is not possible for ordinary man. It is especially prerogative of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and who played the part of Rādhārāṇī, although He's Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu. | | </div> |
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| '''Rādhārāṇī orders, "Don't allow Kṛṣṇa to come here." Kṛṣṇa cannot come in. He flatters the other gopīs: "Please allow Me to go there." "No, no. There is no order. You cannot go."'''
| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionCalcuttaJanuary301973_1" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="47" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 30, 1973" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 30, 1973"> |
| | | <div class="heading">Rādhārāṇī orders, "Don't allow Kṛṣṇa to come here." Kṛṣṇa cannot come in. He flatters the other gopīs: "Please allow Me to go there." "No, no. There is no order. You cannot go." |
| <span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 30, 1973|The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 30, 1973]]:''' So Kṛṣṇa also... Everyone praises Him in exalted position. Everyone. That is Kṛṣṇa's position—the Supreme Lord. In Vaikuṇṭha, there is only praising. There is no such thing. But in Vṛndāvana Kṛṣṇa is free to accept insult from His devotee. The people do not know that, what is Vṛndāvana life. So devotees are so exalted. Rādhārāṇī orders, "Don't allow Kṛṣṇa to come here." Kṛṣṇa cannot come in. He flatters the other gopīs: "Please allow Me to go there." "No, no. There is no order. You cannot go." So Kṛṣṇa likes that. But the Māyāvādīs, they cannot understand that the Supreme Absolute Truth can be controlled by the devotee. They want to become one. But here the Vaiṣṇava, pure Vaiṣṇava, they become so exalted that there is no question of becoming one. Daivena phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ, bhaktis tvayi sthiratarā yadi bhagavān syād, Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura says. Daivena phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ muktiḥ mukulitāñjali sevate asmān. "Mukti, oh, she's standing with folded hands, 'What can I do for you, sir?' " Dharmārtha-kāma mokṣa samaya pratīkṣāḥ. They're just like attendants, servants. Dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa [SB 4.8.41, Cc. Ādi 1.90]. So for a devotee, the position is so exalted. They don't care for all this dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa. They simply absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa. Always thinking, satato, smārtavyaḥ satato viṣṇu. Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ [Cc. Ādi 17.31]. Always, twenty-four hours. Even in sleeping. That is perfection. Always thinking of Kṛṣṇa.
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| | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 30, 1973|The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 30, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Kṛṣṇa also... Everyone praises Him in exalted position. Everyone. That is Kṛṣṇa's position—the Supreme Lord. In Vaikuṇṭha, there is only praising. There is no such thing. But in Vṛndāvana Kṛṣṇa is free to accept insult from His devotee. The people do not know that, what is Vṛndāvana life. So devotees are so exalted. Rādhārāṇī orders, "Don't allow Kṛṣṇa to come here." Kṛṣṇa cannot come in. He flatters the other gopīs: "Please allow Me to go there." "No, no. There is no order. You cannot go." So Kṛṣṇa likes that. But the Māyāvādīs, they cannot understand that the Supreme Absolute Truth can be controlled by the devotee. They want to become one. But here the Vaiṣṇava, pure Vaiṣṇava, they become so exalted that there is no question of becoming one. Daivena phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ, bhaktis tvayi sthiratarā yadi bhagavān syād, Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura says. Daivena phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ muktiḥ mukulitāñjali sevate asmān. "Mukti, oh, she's standing with folded hands, 'What can I do for you, sir?' " Dharmārtha-kāma mokṣa samaya pratīkṣāḥ. They're just like attendants, servants. Dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa (SB 4.8.41, Cc. Ādi 1.90). So for a devotee, the position is so exalted. They don't care for all this dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa. They simply absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa. Always thinking, satato, smārtavyaḥ satato viṣṇu. Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.31|CC Adi 17.31]]). Always, twenty-four hours. Even in sleeping. That is perfection. Always thinking of Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
| === Festival Lectures ===
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| '''Instead of offering directly one flower to Kṛṣṇa, you just put it in the hands of Rādhārāṇī: "My mother Rādhārāṇī, Jagan-mātā, if you kindly take this flower and offer it to Kṛṣṇa." "Oh," Rādhārāṇī says, "Oh, you have brought a flower?"'''
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| <span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Radhastami, Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day -- Bhagavad-gita 18.5 -- London, September 5, 19730|Radhastami, Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day -- Bhagavad-gita 18.5 -- London, September 5, 19730]]:''' Actual aim of life is to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu, and Kṛṣṇa is the origin of viṣṇu-tattva. And He is pleased through Rādhārāṇī. Therefore we don't keep Kṛṣṇa alone. No. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. First Rādhārāṇī. So that day is today. First you have to worship Rādhārāṇī. If you go through Rādhārāṇī...
| | <div id="RadhastamiSrimatiRadharanisAppearanceDayBhagavadgita185LondonSeptember51973_0" class="quote" parent="Festival_Lectures" book="Lec" index="29" link="Radhastami, Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day -- Bhagavad-gita 18.5 -- London, September 5, 1973" link_text="Radhastami, Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day -- Bhagavad-gita 18.5 -- London, September 5, 1973"> |
| | | <div class="heading">Instead of offering directly one flower to Kṛṣṇa, you just put it in the hands of Rādhārāṇī: "My mother Rādhārāṇī, Jagan-mātā, if you kindly take this flower and offer it to Kṛṣṇa." "Oh," Rādhārāṇī says, "Oh, you have brought a flower?" |
| Therefore in Vṛndāvana you will see all devotees, they will address one another, "Jaya Rādhe." Still. Because they know that "If Rādhārāṇī is pleased, if I can please Rādhārāṇī..." Rādhārāṇī is presented, the original pleasure potency, always absorbed in thought of Kṛṣṇa. So anyone who comes before Rādhārāṇī to serve Kṛṣṇa, oh, She becomes so pleased, "Oh, here is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa." She immediately recommends, "Kṛṣṇa, oh, here is a devotee. He is better than Me." This is Rādhārāṇī. I may be a, not devotee. I may be most fallen rascal. But if I try to reach Kṛṣṇa through Rādhārāṇī, then my business is successful. Therefore we should worship Rādhārāṇī first. That is our business. Instead of offering directly one flower to Kṛṣṇa, you just put it in the hands of Rādhārāṇī: "My mother Rādhārāṇī, Jagan-mātā, if you kindly take this flower and offer it to Kṛṣṇa." "Oh," Rādhārāṇī says, "Oh, you have brought a flower?" Kṛṣṇa said, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati [Bg. 9.26], but don't try to offer Kṛṣṇa directly. Just offer through Rādhārāṇī. It will be very much appreciated by Rādhārāṇī.
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| | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Radhastami, Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day -- Bhagavad-gita 18.5 -- London, September 5, 1973|Radhastami, Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day -- Bhagavad-gita 18.5 -- London, September 5, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Actual aim of life is to satisfy Lord Viṣṇu, and Kṛṣṇa is the origin of viṣṇu-tattva. And He is pleased through Rādhārāṇī. Therefore we don't keep Kṛṣṇa alone. No. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. First Rādhārāṇī. So that day is today. First you have to worship Rādhārāṇī. If you go through Rādhārāṇī...</p> |
| So this is our philosophy, to please Kṛṣṇa through Rādhārāṇī, and just today is the auspicious day of Rādhārāṇī appearance. So we should offer puṣpāñjali and pray to Rādhārāṇī that "Rādhārāṇī, kindly be merciful and tell about me to Your Kṛṣṇa. To Your Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is Yours." Kṛṣṇa, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is not independent. Kṛṣṇa is Rādhārāṇī's property. So you have to approach Kṛṣṇa through Rādhārāṇī. That is, today is the auspicious day. Worship Rādhārāṇī very nicely and be happy.
| | <p>Therefore in Vṛndāvana you will see all devotees, they will address one another, "Jaya Rādhe." Still. Because they know that "If Rādhārāṇī is pleased, if I can please Rādhārāṇī..." Rādhārāṇī is presented, the original pleasure potency, always absorbed in thought of Kṛṣṇa. So anyone who comes before Rādhārāṇī to serve Kṛṣṇa, oh, She becomes so pleased, "Oh, here is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa." She immediately recommends, "Kṛṣṇa, oh, here is a devotee. He is better than Me." This is Rādhārāṇī. I may be a, not devotee. I may be most fallen rascal. But if I try to reach Kṛṣṇa through Rādhārāṇī, then my business is successful. Therefore we should worship Rādhārāṇī first. That is our business. Instead of offering directly one flower to Kṛṣṇa, you just put it in the hands of Rādhārāṇī: "My mother Rādhārāṇī, Jagan-mātā, if you kindly take this flower and offer it to Kṛṣṇa." "Oh," Rādhārāṇī says, "Oh, you have brought a flower?" Kṛṣṇa said, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati ([[Vanisource:BG 9.26 (1972)|BG 9.26]]), but don't try to offer Kṛṣṇa directly. Just offer through Rādhārāṇī. It will be very much appreciated by Rādhārāṇī.</p> |
| | <p>So this is our philosophy, to please Kṛṣṇa through Rādhārāṇī, and just today is the auspicious day of Rādhārāṇī appearance. So we should offer puṣpāñjali and pray to Rādhārāṇī that "Rādhārāṇī, kindly be merciful and tell about me to Your Kṛṣṇa. To Your Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is Yours." Kṛṣṇa, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is not independent. Kṛṣṇa is Rādhārāṇī's property. So you have to approach Kṛṣṇa through Rādhārāṇī. That is, today is the auspicious day. Worship Rādhārāṇī very nicely and be happy.</p> |
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