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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Issue No. 332 r Annad Ekda 21 August 2014 Circulation 7,263
T HE C ONFIDENTIAL
M ESSAGE OF V RINDAVAN
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
We have to understand Vrindavan Dham throughthe Goswami s. ei
chay gosi jr mui tro ds We arethe servant of those who follow the
Six Goswamis.[Narottam Das Thakur,Nma-sakrtana,text 6]
rpa-raghuntha-pade hoibe kutikabe hma bujhabo se
jugala-priti
When shall I be eager to study the books of the SixGoswamis? One
has to learn of the conjugal loving affairsof Radha-Krishna through
the teachings of these SixGoswamis. [Narottam Das ThakursPrrthan,
song 1]
Jugala-pirti, the love affairs of Krishna and Radharani,are not
ordinary. They are completely spiritual. radhaka-praaya-vikti[Cc .
di 1.5] It is not the affairof some young boy and young girl. It is
the exhibition
of the pleasure potency of Krishna.hldin aktir asmt It is
completely spiritual. Do not immediately tryto understand
Radha-Krishnas playing. Oh, becauseI have come to Vrindavan, let me
immediatelyunderstand Radha-Krishnas rsa-ll. It is not so
easy.Narottam Das Thakur says [Prrthan song 1]:
viaya chiy kabe uddha habe manakabe hma herabo r-vndvana
As long as you have got the propensity for sensegrati cation
there is no possibility for understandingVrindavan. There is no
possibility. Viaya means
this hra-nidr-bhaya-maithunam eating, sleeping
and sex life. If you are still inclined for these thenthere is
no possibility of understanding what isVrindavan. This is the con
dential message givenby Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and his followers.
From a lecture in Vrindavan, August 1974.
GOVINDA S E VERYTHING
Srila BhaktisiddhantaSaraswati Thakur Prabhupada
There is one personality whose name is not referred
to in the rmad Bhgavatam, yet the readers of rmad
T he C onfidenTial M essage of V rindaVan
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada GOVINDA S E
VERYTHING Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada When K
RISHNA F ORGETS ALL O THER W OMEN Srila Rupa
GoswamisUjjvala-nlamai1.25-26 A C HAIN B INDING K RISHNA
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rdhym eva kasya suprasiddhnuklat tad-loke kadpy asya nny-saga
smti vrajet
He who gives up desire for other women with intenseattachment
for one woman, like Rama for Sita, is calledanukla, the
well-disposed lover. Krishna is famous for hisanukla attachment to
Radha. Upon having her company,he does not remember the company of
anyone else.
Srila Jiva Goswami: A dramatic hero is known asanukla when due
to his amorous attachment for aparticular woman he gives up the
desire for otherwomen. This is exempli ed by the singular
attachmentLord Rama had for Sitadevi. Krishnas amorous
attractionfor Sri Radha is renowned for having the same quality
when Krishna is in the company of Sri Radha he neverremembers the
company of any other woman.
Since the desire for other women is improper andsince he has
taken a vow of having only one wife,
accepting only one wife with complete dedication isnot dif cult
for Rama. However, Krishna sees Radhawhile in the presence of many
gops. In such a situationit is dif cult to forget the desirable
women surroundinghim. Yet, upon seeing Radha, he forgets all
others. Thisstrong inclination that Krishna has for Radha,
evenunder such circumstances, is declared to be the topmostexample
of a hero demonstrating a favorable naturetoward a heroine.
[Translators comment: Krishnasmdhurya-rasa is universal since all
jvas are potentiallycapable of tasting it. However, Lord Ramas
conjugaltendencies are seen only with Sitadevi and not with any
jva. Therefore his conjugal feelings are not universal.Thus,
someone may say that the comparison given inthis verse is not justi
ed because of a lack of universality( srvatrikbhvt ) of the
conjugal mood in Lord Rama.However, Srila Jiva Goswami here is
saying that such athought should not be entertained.]
Thus when Krishna took Radha and disappeared duringthe rsa-ll,
he did not meet the other gops, though theywere suffering.
Gta-govinda (3.1) says,rdhm dhyahdaye tatyja vraja-sundar Taking
Radha in his heart,Krishna gave up the other women of Vraja.
Srila Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakur: Becauseof being intensely
attached to one woman, Krishnagives up desire for other women.
Because the versesays that the desire disappears only at that time
anddoes not say that the desire for other women is absentall the
time, the theory that Krishna should haveattraction to no other
women is defeated.
The phrase when Krishna sees Radha also means
when he hears of or remembers her. It is easy for Rama
to be anukla to Sita since he took a vow of having onlyone wife.
But it is dif cult for Krishna to beanukla toRadha since he has
many women. But because the mostastonishing level of premaexists in
her, he forgets allother women who have prema for him. The
superiorityof Krishnasanuklasentiments to those of Rama is
indicated here. [See also next article in this issue.] Adapted
from Bhanu Swamis translation with Sri VaikunthaEnterprises,
Chennai, India, and Sanskrit from Gaudiya GranthaMandir
(http://www.granthamandira.com)
A C HAIN B INDING K RISHNASrila Jayadev GoswamisGta Govinda
3.1
With commentaries bySrila Prabodhananda Saraswati Thakur
And Sri Chaitanya Das PujariChaitanya Das was a disciple of
Bhugarbha Goswami and was
engaged in worshiping Rupa Goswami's deity of Govindaji, fo
which he became known as Chaitanya Das Pujari.kasrir api
sasra-vsan-bandha-khalm rdhm dhya hdaye tatyja vraja-sundar
Thus, the enemy of Kamsa placed in his heart the gopnamed Radha,
who was like a chain binding himto the sasra of conjugal affairs.
In this way he gaveup the company of all other gops.
r-gta-govinda-vykhyna commentary by SrilaPrabodhananda Saraswati
Thakur: In the rsttwo chapters of this literature, Radhas longing
for
Krishna was described. Krishnas longing for Radha isnow
described. Krishna, the enemy of Kamsa, gave upthe other gops since
he had placed Radha in his heart.This indicates Krishnas intense
attraction for Radha.Radha acted as a chain to bind Krishna to
impressions
Krishna begs forgiveness from Radharani
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