Please Accept My Humble Obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, Srila Gurudeva, and Sri Gauranga.
Hare Krishna
My question has a couple parts.
Firstly: Is Srimati Laksmidevi the same as Srimati Radharani? (If so, who is Srimati Rukmini?)
Secondly: Is Srimati Radharani the same as Srimati Sitadevi from Rama-lila? Lord Rama only had 1 wife in this lila, so is that Srimati Radhika or Srimati Rukmini or Srimati Chandravali?
I do not mean to disturb anybody by these questions, so please forgive me if I have committed any sin at the lotus feet of any of these divine mother personalities. I just want to know the tattva of these things because then I will have strength in my arguments to bring others towards devotion to Sri Sri Radha Krishna.
Your Inquisitive Servant,
Bhakta David
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SRIMATI RADHARANI. part 1.
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no... rukmini devi is lakshmi devi and radharani is internal potency of krsna. ...!!
Hare Krishna!!!
It is explained that the beloved consorts of Lord Krishna are of three kinds, namely the goddesses of fortune or Lakshmis, His queens, and the milkmaids of Vraja called the gopis. All of them proceed from Radharani. The Lakshmis are partial manifestations, or plenary portions, of Srimati Radharani, while the queens in Vaikuntha and in Dvaraka(RukminiDevi and others) are reflections of Her image. The Vraja-devis or gopis are Her expansions and assist in the increase of rasa, or the divine loving pastimes. Among them there are many groups that have various sentiments and moods, which help Lord Krishna taste the sweetness of the rasa dance and other pastimes. (Chaitanya Charitamrita.Adi-lila. 4. 75-81)
Mother Sita is Lord's Yogamaya.
"The Mother Nature is, as She should naturally be, the most faithful mistress of Godhead and She becomes angry for the behavior of the Asura and thus assume the role of Daivamaya (generally known as the Mohakali, Durga, Bhadrakali etc.) and take at once Her grim trident and inflicts the weapon in the heart of the asura who is also Her son. The asura thus becomes subject to threefold miseries and this is done according to the plan of Godhead as the mother has to chastise the disobedient son in order to make him alright. This process of chastisement is necessary for the benefit of both the asura and the daiva sons in order to stop disorder in the great plan of Godhead. As sons as the asura, however, surrenders unto Godhead as the obedient son and servitor of the plan of Godhead the asura is turned into a devata. The angry mode of Mother Nature at once subsides and she appears to such godly sons as the most affectionate Mother in the role of Yogamaya (commonly known as Laksmi, Sita and Radharani etc)"-Srila Prabhupada.