December - 2012 Review

Unique of for Her

Madhusudan Patnaik

Any pleasure in this world is temporary like is ever one and never passing clouds. Nobody knows when one will separate. Radha’s creation is from the left side of have to leave the body. The body is ephemeral Krishna's body who accepted her with his two like a water bubble and the hands and was known as mind is restless like a mad Radhakanta, and monkey. The mind Laxmi was created from becomes restless and fiery the right side of Krishna's like a volcano. body who accepted her as Contemplation on Laxmikanta with His four alone will cool the mind hands. The abode of Radha which is very unsteady, Krsna is Golaka Dhama or turbulent and dangerous. Heaven itself. Radha is The pleasure of a Krishna’s spiritual energy transcendental loving affair one portion of which is the with God is permanent and ‘lhadinisakti’, His internal ever-increasing. pleasure potency the personification of which is Go to Brindavan Radha. There is no and listen to the air that difference between Krishna reverberates with the and Radha for She is His hearty melodious and expansion. They are pulsating chant of ‘Radhe- inseparably one. He the Radhe’ throughout energetic and She the which is her energy. appearance day. It is celebrated on a grand scale all over Vraja, but in Her birth place Barsana, 30 God is perfect and omnipotent. If there kilometres from , the inhabitants rever is any limit to his potencies, he cannot be God. Radha more than Krsna and Radhe-Radhe As God He can do anything, even the outrageous. gushes forth spontaneously with their every When the Lord incarnates in his various '', breath, every sigh and every moment. the lhadinisakti accompanies him as his consort.

1 Odisha Review December - 2012

Radharani is dearer to Krishna than all the other of Braja, for She possesses the unique qualities, that can infuse Krishna with transcendental pleasure. Krishna’s ‘rasalila’is nothing but the conjugal relationship of Krishna with the Gopis of Braja, particularly with Radha. These are a part of His eternal Rasalila. It is easy to misunderstand Ksna's Rasalila, which appear as lusty affairs but in reality it is spiritual in nature. Relations in ‘Madhurya Bhava’ are entirely devoid of any material Sensuality. The other four Bhavas that a devotee can have are, (in awe), Dasya (in Servitude), Sakhya (in friendship) and Vatsalya (in parenthood). Of the five Bhavas Madhurya In Vaisnaba philosophy obeisances are paid first Bhava is the pinnacle of perfection, ecstasy and to the internal pleasure potency of the Supreme bliss. Lord. Therefore, they are always referred to as As per Bramha Baibarta Puran it is said Radha-Krishna, Laxmi-Narayan, -Ram, that Radha was not born to any human being. Radhe-Shyam and so on. It is said, one can reach Kirtida, the king Brushavanu’s wife, while going Krishna by the grace of Radha. to bathe in a pond, found a baby floating on a Radha is the most intimate lover and lily-flower sleeping and she brought her home. greatest devotee of Krishna. All the Gopis of The eyelids were closed for three days after which Brindavan give pleasure to Krishna, but Radha she opened her eyes when she saw Krishna in pleases Him the most of all. Her love for Krsna is the lap of . Jabat, the present name of like an ocean while the love of other Gopis is like which is Barasana, was her father‘s house small pools of water. Like the ocean, Radha is (Brusabhanu). also the Source of all the water in all the pools in all the universes. As per Çhaitanyacharitamruta’, Krishna enchants the whole universe, but Srimati Madhusudan Patnaik, Kaibalya, Duttatota, .

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