Śrī Rādhā is the ocean of vātsalya. Vātsalya means love for the poor and the fallen. Just as Śrī Rādhā is an inexhaustible storehouse of amorous rasa, She is also a great ocean of vātsalya-affection. The writers of the rasa śāstras (aesthetic scriptures) say that the vātsalya rasa is not compatible with the madhura rasa, … Continue reading Śrī Rādhā is the ocean of vātsalya

Śrīmatī is the only ocean of anurāga. ānurāga means mahā-bhāva. ānurāga is ever-fresh and ever-astonishing. Śrīmatī thinks Kṛṣṇa's sweetness is ever fresh and She always has more taste for His sweetness, so She always relishes it. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī writes in His 'Ujjvala Nilamaṇi' (Sthāyibhāva 104): ko'yam kṛṣṇa iti vyudasyati dhṛtim yas taṇvi karṇaṁ viśan … Continue reading Śrīmatī Rādhā is the only ocean of anurāga (mahā-bhāva)

Śrīmatī Rādhā is: (1) vaidagdhya sindhuḥ - An ocean of cleverness. This means rasa pāṇḍitya - She is learned in the science of taste. She even teaches rasika śekhara, the king of relishers Śrī Kṛṣṇa, expertise in the amorous mellow. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself admits in 'Caitanya Caritāmṛta': rādhikāra prema - guru; āmi - śiṣya naṭa; … Continue reading Śrīmatī Rādhā is an ocean of cleverness

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī writes in his Prīti Sandarbha that, along with a desire to please the deity, there is also a natural desire to have an intimate relationship with Him and to attain Him. The devotee who is fixed in smaraṇa attains direct association with his chosen deity within his mind. Just as the devotees … Continue reading Devotion with spiritual attachment

Śrīmatī's dressing and ornamentation is completed, and Her girlfriends and Her maidservants are now serving Her some sweetmeats. The maidservants know that Īśvarī doesn't eat anything else but Kṛṣṇa's remnants, so they mix some nectarine remnants from Kṛṣṇa's last meal with these sweets. It is as if Svāminī directly tastes the nectar of Kṛṣṇa's lips … Continue reading Only the remnants from Kṛṣṇa’s meal