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I have told yesterday that at the place of the rasa dance, Radhaji has manifested from the left side of Krishna.
"Ra" means completely full of anuraga.
"Dha" means dhavit or running towards Krishna.
"krsnena aradhita iti radha."
Meaning "She who is worshiped by Krishna is Radha."
So She is worshiped by Krishna Himself.
Where is an instance of this? The Goswamis have described:
agha ripur api yatnad devyah prasadah
In order to receive the side long glance of Radhika and to please Her, Krishna bathes three times in Radha kunda and recites mantra of Radhaji.
There at Radhakunda He performs Her worship and prays to Her.
Therefor She is known as "Radhika".
She brings bliss to Krishna, therefor Her name is Hladini.
She pleases Krishna.
Krishna, by Himself does not accomplish anything, nothing at all.
Who holds Giriraja mountain?
His shakti Radhaji does.
How does He see? By seeing shakti.
And by mercy shakti He bestows mercy.
The source of this shakti is Radha.
Therefore it is said:
"anandamse hladini, sad-amse sandhini
cid-amse samvit-yare jnana kari mani"
This is Radhaji's speciality.
If Radhaji is not there, if shakti is not there then Krishna will be without variety (nirvishes).
Therefore it is said She is the bliss of Krishna.
Whatever He does, creation, annihilation, destruction, or affectionately bestowing mercy,
all is by the mercy of Radha.
In the activities of killing the demons, or bestowing mercy, in everything there is Radhaji.
Krishna will merely desire it,
and all of His wishes and heart's desires, Radhaji fulfills.
"sei shakti dvare sukha aswade apane"
Thus Krishna, by the medium of His shakti tastes all rasa.
"sukha rupa krsna kahe sukha aswadana"
Krishna is the embodiment of happiness, the very form of bliss "anandam brahma".
and He tastes happiness, but the root cause of this is Radhaji.
What is Her svarupa? Hladini sar rupa, She is the personified embodiment of bliss.
"hladinira sar amsa tara prema nama"
The essence of hladini, is called prema.
"anander cinmaya rupa rasera akhyana"
The essence of prema is mahabhava.
This Mahabhava is Radha Thakurani, she is the embodiment of this mahabhava.
The essence of prema is mahabhava, the essence of mahabhava is Radharani Thakurani.
Premera svarupa deha.
What is Her body comprised of? It is full of prema.
Completely imbued with prema. Composed solely of prema.
For example, milk is a liquid, but when a curdling agent is added, it becomes a solid and takes form as curd.
So the body of Radhaji, the mind of Radhaji, Radhaji's moods, Her limbs and senses, whatever She has, is comprised of Krishna prema.
It is all made of Krishna prema.
Prema itself taking a form has become Radhaji.
That prema to Krishna has taken form as Radha.
"krsnera preyasi srestha jagate vidita"
Krishna preyasi means Krishna's dear most.
Actually there is no Durga.
All are either Radhaji's shakti, bodily expansion, manifestation, or a part of Her oppulence, in some way or another they come from Her.
So they are not separate.
For the purpose of enjoying love, Radhikaji manifests in the form of hundreds of thousands of gopis
and elsewhere as the queens of Dvarka and elsewhere as Narayani.
Wherever there is shakti it must be a manifestation of Radhaji.
In the same way that all incarnations are manifested from Krishna's form, the same is true for Radha and Her expansions.
"ananda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis
tabhir ya eva nija-rupataya kalabhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhuto
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
sei mahabhava hoya cintamani sar
krsna vanca purna kare ei karya tanra
This is that mahabhava. What is mahabhava?
-the essence of prema.
And the manifest form of this mahabhava is Radha Thakurani.
To understand this mahabhava is very difficult.
This is the highest limit of all subjects.
Yavad asraya vrtti...
this is the top most function (vrtti).
Samvit vritti.
This bhava is experienced by Radha in Her service to Krishna.
In books like Ujjvala Nilamani it has been described very beautifully.
Do you remember?
What do you remember?
Yavad asray vrtti.
Svasamveda dasha...
What is the meaning of svasamvedha dasa?
Radhika ji, She experiences this emotion, no one else knows, even Krishna does not know.
"krsna vanca purna kare ei karya tanra"
Her activity is to completely fulfill the desire of Krishna.
"mahabhava cintamiani radhara svarupa
lalitadi sakhi gana kaya vyuha rupa"
I have told about this earlier.
Cintamani, mahabhava cintamani.
Cintamani means, anything you desire it will give.
Any desire Krishna may have, Radhika fulfills.
Radhika manifests Her prominent moods by expanding as kayavyuha or Lalita, Vishakha and others.
Why does she do this? It is meant to fulfill each and every one of Krishna's desires.
That Radhaji is cintamani. Anything that Krishna desires She presents.
The word cintamani has not been used to describe Krishna.
It cannot be used.
Rather it is told that Krishna is praying to Radha with folded hands:
"napare'ham niravdya samyujam..."
But Radhaji CAN answer all His prayers.
"lalita adi sakhi tar kaya vyuha rupa"
In regards to Krishna's affection towards Radha,
and the svarupa of Radha, Ragunatha Das Goswami describes: