Śrī Raghunātha’s svarūpāveśa is very vivid, and in this absorption he prays to Svāminī for Her devotional service. How wonderful is his savour of these visions! How agitated he is when he loses this consciousness again! Those who have attained perfection have nothing else but experience, and those who are advanced in bhajan also experience some kind of succession of experiences, otherwise, how could they continue? This succession of transcendental experiences, including even their dreams, are the life-support of the premika devotees. Śrī Raghunātha’s svarūpāveśa is genuine and not at all false. The sādhakas should first endeavour for these experiences, and afterwards everything becomes natural, as is the case with the devotees who have attained rati. How sweet it is to be with Svāminī in a transcendental absorption! The experienced devotee is always immersed in this rasa!
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From the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava ācāryas we can learn the greatness of surrender to Śrī Rādhā’s lotus feet. They love Rādhā more than Kṛṣṇa (rādhā snehādhikā).
This is the great gift of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī laments for those who do not take shelter of Śrī Rādhā’s feet in the age of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, although they may have taken shelter of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s feet:
nṛpo na hari sevitā vyayakṛtī na hary arpakaḥ kavir na hari varṇakaḥ śrita gurur na hary āśritaḥ guṇī na hari tat paraḥ sarala-dhīr na kṛṣṇāśrayaḥ sa na vraja ramānugaḥ sva hṛdi sapta śalyāni me
“A person who may be a king, but who does not serve Lord Hari, a person who may be very generous, but who does not offer anything to Lord Hari, a poet who does not glorify Lord Hari, a person who surrenders to a guru without surrendering to Lord Hari, a person who may be very qualified, but who is not dedicated to Lord Hari, a person who may be very sincere, but who does not take shelter of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and he who does not follow in the footsteps of Śrī Rādhā, Vraja’s goddess of fortune – these seven persons pierce my heart like javelins!” (Gopāla Campūḥ, Pūrva 33)
Śrī Ānanda Gopāla Gosvāmī
Śrī Ananta das Bābājī
