“I could not get aquainted with She who is everything to me! I never even think of the maidservice of Śrī Rādhā, to whom my merciful Guru has introduced me!
My bodily consciousness is so strong, everything is adverse to the mood I desire!
What a waste our life is when we don’t even get slightly acquainted with She who makes even the supreme Lord of all material and spiritual worlds faint by casting a single sidelong glance at Him!”
The practising devotee is drawn towards Rādhārāṇī’s lotus feet by his own strong desire to reach them.
“Svāmini! If You just once stay in my thoughts or in my dreams, then I will be consoled! Please respond, O Svāmini! Just tell me once ‘You are Mine!’ I am sitting here, just waiting for that and nothing else!”
When the devotee is so anxiously and exclusively waiting, everything else becomes insignificant for him, and he will slowly be drawn to Rādhārāṇī’s lotus feet through his experiences. The light that emanates from Śrī Rādhā’s toenails will illuminate the heart of any devotee who develops such an indescribable devotion. Kṛṣṇa will come to anyone who meditates on Śrī Rādhikā’s lotus feet and who hears and chants about Her,
without even being called!
śrī rādhe śrī rādhe vāṇī yei dike yāra mukhe śuni, sei dike dhāya mora mana –
“Wherever I hear the words ‘Śrī Rādhe Śrī Rādhe!’ from anyone’s mouth, in that direction My mind runs!”
Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura sings:
rādhikā caraṇa reṇu,
bhūṣaṇa koriyā tanu,
anāyāse pābe giridhārī
rādhikā caraṇāśraya,
ye kore se mahāśaya,
tāre mui yāi bolihārī
“Anyone who decorates one’s body with Rādhikā’s foot dust easily gets Giridhārī.
I praise any great soul who takes shelter of Rādhikā’s lotus feet!”
jaya jaya rādhā nāma,
vṛndāvana yāra dhāma,
kṛṣṇa sukha vilāsera nidhi,
heno rādhā guṇa gāna,
na śunilo mora kāna,
vañchita korilo more vidhi
“Glory, glory to the holy name of Rādhā, that resides in Vṛndāvana, and that is the jewel of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes! Fate has deprived me by not letting me hear the glorification of Rādhā!”
tāra bhakta saṅge sadā,
rasa līlā prema kathā,
ye kore se pāy ghanaśyāma
ihāte vimukha yei,
tāra kabhu siddhi nāi,
nāhi yeno śuni tāra nāma
“Anyone who associates with Rādhā’s devotees and speaks about Her rasa, Her pastimes and Her love, will attain Ghanaśyāma (Kṛṣṇa), but anyone who is against this will never attain perfection. Let us not even hear these people’s names.”
kṛṣṇa nāma gāne bhāi,
rādhikā caraṇa pāi,
rādhā nāma gāne kṛṣṇa candra.
saṅkṣepe kohinu kothā,
ghucāo monera byathā,
duḥkhamaya anya kathā dhanda
“O brother! When you sing Kṛṣṇa’s name you will get Rādhikā’s lotus feet and when you sing Rādhā’s name you will get Kṛṣṇa-candra. I told you this shortly, so now extinguish the pain in your mind. All other topics are simply miserable!”
Radhakunda Mahanta Sri Srimat Ananta das Babaji
