Srimati Radharani is the source of expansion of Krsna's pleasure potency. Krsna without Radharani is like sun without sunshine. In fact Krsna is the source of various forms of Vishnu, similarly Radha is the source of all the gopis, the goddess of fortune, Lakshmi along with various Vishnu forms. To get freedom from material sufferings and become dearest to Krsna, we should please Radha. We can not attain Krsna without becoming a devotee of Radha
Srimati Radharani is Hladini Shakti personified. Sri Krishna is Svayam Bhagavan; He is absolutely powerful.
Srimati Radharani is the crest-jewel of all His beloveds – therefore She is the absolute Shakti.
In fact, Sri Krsna is the topmost Tattva and at the same time He is the Cause of all causes.
Srimati Radharani too is the supreme Shakti and is the Cause of all causes.
Sri Gopal-Tapani- Shruti has called Her the ‘primeval potency’ because She is the Cause of all causes.
Sri Narad- Pancharatra and Goutamiya-tantra have defined Her as ‘the supreme Shakti’
because She is eternal and the topmost.
“Lakshmi Sarasawati durga savitri radhika para,
bhaktya namanti yat shashwat tam namamiparat-param.”
Meaning –
“I constantly pay obeisance to Sri Krsna Who is more divine than the divine,
and Whom Lakshmi, SaRasawati, Durga, Savitri and the ‘para-shakti’ or supreme Shakti Sri Radha
worship with devotion.”
– (Narad-Pancharatra)
Srimati Radharani is the Supreme Power while Sri Krsna is the Supreme Personality.
The scriptures prove that the two are non-different. Just as musk and its fragrance are inseparable,
and so are fire and its burning property, similarly Radha and Krsna are one.
They assume two forms simply to relish Rasa.”
– (C.C.)
Just as the moon is inseparable from its moonlight and the milk is non-different from its whiteness,
Radha and Krsna are one. Although They are inseparable,
Srimati Radharani is always present besides Sri Krsna
in the playground of Lila as the ‘crest-jewel of all His beloveds’. In love She is Krishnamayi,
in Rasa She is Gourangi (brilliant), in opulence She is all- Lakshmimayi,
in sweetness She is the foremost Gopika.
Srila Shukamuni has realized Her immense importance over all other Gopikas
while describing the Rasa-lila in Srimad-Bhagavatam.
He has placed Her on the highest pedestal amidst hundreds of crores of Gopis during the Rasa- lila.
anayaradhito nunam Bhagavan harireeshwarah,
yanno vihaya govindah prito yamanayadrahah.
– (S.B.10.30.24.)
In Sri Chaitanya-Charitamrita (8th chapter, Madhya Lila), Ramananda Raya established
Sri Radha’s prema as the crest-jewel of all achievable goals.
He quoted this verse from Srimad- Bhagavatam to prove that
Sri Radha is more important than all other Gopikas.
Worship of Radharani is a highliy confidential aspects which can be attained only under the guidance of a bonafide spritual Master from the Disciplic succession.
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