GOVARDHANA GUHĀ LAKṢMĪ GOVARDHANA VIHĀRINĪ
DHṚTA GOVARDHANA PREMĀ DHṚTA GOVARDHANA PRIYĀ (28)
She is the goddess of fortune in the caves of Govardhana Hill,
She enjoys at Govardhana, She loves the holder of Govardhana Hill
and She is His beloved.
Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhya:
Śrī Rādhārānī is the origin of all the goddesses of fortune, who are themselves the greatest of all the Lord’s śaktis and She has an eternal extramarital relationship with Kṛṣṇa, the Original Personality of Godhead. In this relationship it is difficult for the Divine Pair to meet Each other, there are many obstacles to to Their meetings and Their love is hidden.
This makes Their relationship most relishable. Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa cannot enjoy in a pleasurable home in the way that Śrī Nārāyaṇa, Śrī Dvārakānātha and Śrī Rāma are doing with Their Lakṣmīs.
Rādhikā and Mādhava’s secret pastimes take place in the hidden groves of Vṛndāvana and Rādhākuṇḍa and in the hidden caves of Govardhana Hill, therefore Śrī Rādhārānī is named the goddess of fortune of the caves of Govardhana Hill. She is Giridhārī’s beloved. There are many sweethearts of Hari among the mahā-bhāvavatīs in Vraja (the gopīs), but Śrī Rādhā is mādanākhya mahābhāva-vatī, the supreme essence of mahā bhāva, and therefore She is His supreme consort, the crownjewel of Kṛṣṇa’s consorts.
It was, according to Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī in Gopāla Campū, with the purpose of seeing Śrī Rādhā and to talk with Her that Kṛṣṇa convinced His father to stop the traditional sacrifice to Indra and to start the Govardhana pūjā, so that He was urged to lift the Govardhana Hill to protect the terrified Vrajavāsīs from Indra’s rain- and hail-showers.
GĀNDHARVĀDBHUTA GĀNDHARVĀ RĀDHĀ BĀDHĀPAHĀRINĪ
CANDRAKĀNTIŚ CALĀPĀṄGĪ RĀDHIKĀ BANDHU RĀDHIKĀ
GĀNDHARVIKĀ SVAGANDHĀTI SUGANDHĪKṚTA GOKULA
ITI PAÑCABHIR ĀHŪTĀ NĀMĀBHIR GOKULE JANAIḤ (29 -30)Because She is wonderfully skilled in the art of singing She is called Gāndharvā, because She removes all obstacles She is called Rādhā,
because She has restless eyes She is called Candrakānti,
because She is Kṛṣṇa’s greatest worshipper She is called Rādhikā and because She scents the whole of Gokula with Her great fragrance She is called Gāndharvikā. With these five names She is addressed by the people of Gokula.
Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā:
Becasuse She is the greatest of all singers one of Rādhikā’s names is ‘Gāndharvā’.
(The significance of the names ‘Rādhā’ and ‘Gāndharvā’ has been explained in the Stavāmṛta Kaṇā-vyākhyā of “Śrī Rādhikāṣṭottara-śata nāma stotram”).
Here ‘Rādhā’ also means ‘She who removes all obstacles (for Her devotees)’, according to Śrī Raghunātha dāsa. None of the obstacles the karmīs (fruitive workers) and jñānīs (those who tread the path of wisdom) are facing can be found on the way of the devotees, rather, the obstacles of the devotees are more like stepping-stones that help them to ascend to the planet of the Lord. This is the conclusion of Śrīmad Bhāgavata .
If even one drop of the formless pleasure-potency of the Lord helps the devotees over all obstacles on the path of worship when it is infused within the living entity, then it is needless to say that the sādhakas that take shelter of Śrī Rādhārāṇī’s lotus feet cannot be harmed by any obstacle or mishap.
Because Śrī Rādhā has restless eyes She is called ‘Candrakānti’.
We have shortly discussed the meaning of the name ‘Candrakānti’ in the Śata-nāma Stotram. Candrakānti means that Śrī Rādhā’s glances are as pleasant, soothing, and beautiful as the moonlight. The word caṭula means restless, but in his Ānanda Vṛndāvana Campū Śrīla Kavi Karṇapura has also explained the word caṭulimā as beauty. Therefore – calaś cañcala cakora iva cañcalo’rthāt Kṛṣṇasyāpaṅgo yasyā hetor iti candrakāntih – This means that because Kṛṣṇa’s Cakora-bird-like eyes are very restless and eager to see Her She is called Candrakānti (lunar luster).
Because Śrī Rādhā pleases the whole of Gokula with Her nice fragrance She is called ‘Gāndharvikā’ In this case the word is derived from the word gandha, which means fragrance. Śrīmatī is the crown
