Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Lord Krishna Himself appeared in a form,richly endowed with Shrimati Radharani’s love and emotions.
Lord Krishna personally descends in this material world for two reasons-He wants to taste the sweet essence of His transcendental mellowes and He wants to propagate within the world of devotional services on the platform of spontaneous love.After Lord Krishna disappeared from this world He thought,”For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service upon the inhabitants of this universe,and without such spontaneous attachment the existence of the entire material creation is useless.Everywhere people worship according to the shastric injunctions,but simply by following the regulative principles one cannot gain the sentiments possessed by the devotees of the Vrindavan. Therefore I shall personally inaugurate the religion of this age-Nama Sankirtan , the congregational chanting of My holy name. By accepting the role of a devotee I shall make the world dance in ecstasy and thus realize the four mellows of loving services. In this way I shall teach the world devotional services by personally practicing it.”
Beside secondary reason for Lord Krishna to appear once more He was not able to fulfil His three desires. He thought,”Although Iam the Absolute Truth and the reservoir of all rasas I can not understand the strength of Shrimati Radharani’s love for Me, with which She overwhelms Me.Whatever pleasure I get from tasting My love for Shrimati Radharani,She relishes ten million times more by Her love.Although there is nothing greater and nothing purer than Shrimati Radharani’s love, Shrimati Radharani is the highest abode of love and I am its only object.Therefore My mind becomes mad to taste the pleasure that is experienced by the abode of love Shrimati Radharani. If I can become the abode of that love then only I shall be able experience its joy.
Whenever Lord Krishna see His own beauty He think’s”My sweetness is unlimitedly wonderful,only Shrimati Radharani can taste the complete nectar of My sweetness by the strength of Her love.”So Lord Krishna wanted to experience this unlimited love of Shrimati Radharani,this was His first desire.
“Devotees taste My sweetness according to their respective love. I also feel tempted to taste this, I find that the only way I can relish My sweetness is to take the position of Shrimati Radharani”.This was His second desire.
His third desire was, He says “Everyone knows that I am the reservoir of all transcendental bliss, and indeed the whole world derives pleasure from Me.Who then can give Me pleasure?
Only Shrimati Radharani and His pure devotees can give Him pleasure by their wonderful love and services.Lord further says,”I am always very eager to taste the joy of Shrimati Radharani derives from Me and inspite of endeavouring I am unable to do so. Therefore, I can fulfil My three desires I shall assume Shrimati Radharani’s bodily complexion and ecstasic loving sentiments then descend as an Incarnation”.
Desiring to understand the glory of Shrimati Radharani’s love and the happiness that She feels upon realizing the sweetness of His love , Lord Krishna decided to appear in a form that was richly endowed with Shrimati Radharani’s love and emotions. { Chaitanya Charitamrita-Balya Lila.}
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