So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is very scientific, based on the philosophy given by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and expanded by the Sanātana Gosvāmī, Rūpa Gosvāmī and other assistants.
- kṛṣṇotkīrtana-gāna-nartana-parau premāmṛtāmbho-nidhī
- dhīrādhīra-jana-priyau priya-karau nirmatsarau pūjitau
- śrī-caitanya-kṛpā-bharau . . .
- (Śrīnivāsa Ācārya)
These six Gosvāmīs directly got the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Therefore we have to understand this Vṛndāvana-dhāma through the Gosvāmīs. It is not that . . . sometimes they say that we do not accept the Gosvām . . . no. We . . . we accept actually the Gosvāmīs. But following the footprints of Śrī Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, what kind of . . . ei chay gosāi jāṅr mui tāṅr dās. One who is accepting the path of the six Gosvāmīs, we are servant of the servant of such persons. Ei chay gosāi jāṅr mui tāṅr dās. Rūpa-raghunātha-pade hoibe ākuti kabe hāma bujhabo se jugala-pīriti. Jugala-pirīti. These love affairs of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī, this is not ordinary thing. It is completely spiritual.
- rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmād
- ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau
- śrī caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptam . . .
- (CC Adi 1.5)
Vande . . . that verse I am forgetting. This is the process. Rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtiḥ, it is not the affair of one young boy or young man. It is not that. It is the exhibition of the pleasure potency of Kṛṣṇa, hlādinī śaktir asmāt. So it is completely spiritual. Do not try to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa prema immediately, "Oh, because I have come to Vṛndāvana, let me understand immediately Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa's rāsa-līlā." It is not so easy. You have to undergo severe penances. Not severe; it is very easy. But we do not like to take.
But the best thing is, as Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says that:
- viṣaya chāṛiyā kabe śuddha ha'be mana
- kabe hāma herabo śrī-bṛndābana
Viṣaya chāṛiyā. "So long I have got the propensity for sense gratification, there is no possibility for understanding what is Vṛndāvana. There is no possibility." It is the statement of Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura. He says, viṣaya chāṛiyā kabe śuddha . . . viṣaya means this āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunam (Hitopadeśa 25). If you are still inclined for eating, sleeping and sex life, there is no possibility of understanding what is Vṛndāvana.