Sri Sri Vraja-Vilasa-Stava

VERSE 106:

ragena rupa-manjary-araktikrita-muradvishah
gunaradhita-radhayah pada-yugme ratir mama

May my loving attachment live in the lotus feet of Sri Radha, Who is worshipped by all the divine attributes such as cleverness and to Whom Rupa Manjari has passionately made Krishna very attached.

Stavamrita Kana Vyakhya : After praising the holy dhama and Sri Sri Radha-Madhava and Their associates, Sripada Raghunatha now prays for his most precious aspiration – sri radhayah pada-yugme mama ratir astu
“May I love the lotus feet of Sri Radha.” This is the practice and this is the goal. This is the highest treasure that is aspired for by the Gaudiya Vaishnavas who are endowed with radha-snehadhika rati (a greater love for Radha than for Krishna).
As a result of being exclusively fixed on the lotus feet of Sri Radha, all the desires of Vrindavana’s rasa-sadhakas are fulfilled.
One may ask: “The Gaudiya Vaishnavas are yugalopasakas: they worship and serve Sri Radha-Madhava and meditate on Them. How can love for only Sri Radha’s feet be their goal? Shouldn’t they aspire for love for the lotus feet of the Divine Pair?”
As an answer to such questions it is said: “There is absolutely no difference between love for the Pair’s lotus feet and love for Radha’s lotus feet. Rather, love for Radha’s lotus feet automatically brings love for the Divine Pair and service to Their lotus feet to even greater perfection.
Although the practising devotee, who is fixed in Radha’s lotus feet, does not want Sri Krishna, Sri Krishna Himself comes out searching for him to make him His.
Sri Radha is known as Krishnamayi, krishnamayi krishna yara antara bahire (C.C.) “Krishnamayi means She whose inside out is Krishna”.
Through Sri Krishna, Sri Radha is worshipped. Therefore, how can Radha be worshipped and how can love for Her lotus feet be accomplished without Krishna? Therefore although they are yugalopasakas, the Gaudiya Vaishnavas always think themselves to be Radha’s maidservants –
“I am Radha’s. I have exclusively given my heart to Her!”
This is why Sripada Raghunatha desires love for Sri Radha’s lotus feet.
What this Sri Radha is like is described in this verse –
Sri Radha is worshipped by all the attributes, like cleverness. She, who is always worshipped by all the divine qualities, is Sri Radha.
yasyasti bhaktir bhagavatyakincana sarvair gunais tatra samasate surah (Bhag. 5.18.12)
“The demigods and all great attributes always reside in he who has unalloyed devotion for the Lord.”

sarva maha-guna-gana vaishnava-sarire;
krishna bhakte krishnera guna sakala sancare
(C.C.)

“All the great qualities reside in the Vaishnava’s body. All of Krishna’s attributes are infused into the devotee of Krishna.”
If all of Krishna’s attributes are infused within the insignificant living entities when they are devoted to the Lord, then is it any wonder, that all the divine attributes are worshipping Sri Radha, Who is the quintessence of the Lord’s pleasure potency, the embodiment of the mahabhava known as madana and Prema Lakshmi, the supreme goddess of love?
Actually, any attempt of an ordinary person to count Sri Radha’s endless qualities are nothing else but ridiculous.

yara sad-guna ganera svayam krishna na pana para;
tara guna ganibe kemone jiva chara?
(C.C.)

“Even Krishna Himself cannot find the end to Her great qualities; how could any insignificant living being count them?”
Srila Rupa Gosvami has mentioned 25 of Sri Radha’s sweeter-than-sweet qualities, which are suitable for the madhura rasa –

atha vrindavanesvaryah kirtyante pravara-gunah
madhureyam nava vayas calapangojjvala smita
caru saubhagya rekhadhya gandhonmadita madhava
sangita prasarabhijna ramya-van narma pandita
vinita karuna-purna vidagdha patavanvita
lajja-sila sumaryada dhairya gambhirya salini
suvilasa mahabhava paramotkarsha tarshini
gokula prema vasatir jagac-chreni lasad yasah
gurvarpita guru sneha sakhi pranayita vasa
krishna priyavali mukhya santatasrava kesava
bahuna kim gunas tasyah sankhyatita harer iva

“She is sweet and young; She has restless eyes and a bright smile; She has beautiful lines of fortune on Her hands; Her fragrance intoxicates Madhava; She is expert in singing; She speaks charming words; She is expert in joking; She is humble, full of compassion, clever, shy, respectful, patient, grave and playful.
She thirsts after (giving Krishna) the pinnacle of maha-bhava; She has Her residence of love in Gokula (Vraja); Her glories pervade the whole universe; She is the object of Her superiors’ affection; She is subdued by the love of Her girlfriends and She is the chief of all of Krishna’s beloveds. Indeed, She fully controls Kesava!
What more can I say about Her attributes? They are innumerable, just like Hari’s!”
In the Radha-prakarana-chapter of his scripture Sri Ujjvala Nilamani, Srimat Rupa Gosvamipada has made an analysis of each of these qualities by citing examples. Anyone who wants to know these details should consult this book.
Srila Raghunatha says:
“Sri Rupa Manjari passionately makes Sri Krishna attached to Her.”
The sakhis and manjaris are engaged in making Sri-Sri Radha-Madhava attached to Each other by describing the One’s forms and qualities to the Other. The transcendental rasa would not be nourished if They had to extend this passion Themselves, without the aid of the sakhis and manjaris.
Hence it is said that although the love of Radha and Madhava is all-pervading, it is dependent on the assistence of the sakhis and manjaris for its nourishment.
Sripada Raghunatha das covets love for the lotus feet of Sri Radharani, Who is Krishna’s most beloved and a mine of innumerable qualities such as cleverness.
There is also another meaning to this verse, namely:
“May I love the lotus feet of Rupa Manjari, who colours Sri Krishna with the incomparable flavours of her heart’s passionate love and worships Sri Radharani through her own incomparable qualities.”
In other words: “Sri Rupa Manjari always keeps Sri-Sri Radha-Madhava subdued by her incomparable passionate love and her divine love-born qualities. If I can love the lotus feet of this Rupa Manjari, all my desires will swiftly be fulfilled”.
Thus Sripada Raghunatha has simultaneously given two meanings to this concluding verse of Vraja-Vilasa-Stava, showing that he covets love for the lotus feet of his most beloved Sri Radharani and Sri Rupa Manjari. This is the highest aspiration for the Gaudiya Vaishnavas. All glories to Sripada Raghunatha’s wonderful expertise in the art of poetry!

sri rupa manjari krishne anuraga rase;
ranjita koriya yara koriyache vase
vaidagdhyadi guna dvara yini aradhita;
sei radha pada dvandve rati hok sada

“May I love the lotus feet of Radha, Who is worshipped by all the divine attributes like cleverness and Who subdues Krishna because He has been coloured by the flavours of Sri Rupa Manjari’s passionate love!”
Or:

hridayera atulana anuraga rase,
radhanathe yini sukhe kori suranjita
apurva madhura gunavalira parase;
sri radhare atisaya koila anandita
sei sri rupa manjarira carana kamala;
eka matra gati mora ekanta sambala

“The lotus feet of Sri Rupa Manjari, who pleases Radha’s Lord by colouring Him with the matchless flavours of her passionate heart and who greatly delights Sri Radha with the touch of her wonderfully sweet qualities, are my only shelter and my only resort!”

– commentary by Radhakunda Mahanta Pandit Sri Srimat Ananta das Babaji
– translation by Sripad Advaita das