Radhastami
Hare Krsna Prabus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Srimati Radharani!
This is a movement of compassion, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saravati out of his compassion sent Srila Prabhupada to the west. Srila Prabhupada travelled all over the world spreading Krsna consciousness out of compassion for the condictioned souls. Now devotees throughout the world are exhibiting their compassion by distributing books, going out on harinam, distributing prasad and preaching the glories of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. The epitome of compassion is Srimati Radharani.
Here's some of the glories of Srimati Radharani:
“Instead of offering obeisances to Krishna, devotees offer obeisances to His compassionate nature. Actually , because Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is very difficult to approach Him. But the devotees, taking advantage of His compassionate nature, which is represented by Radharani, always pray to Radharani for Krishna’s compassion.”
NOD Ch 22
"All glories to Radharani! She is so dear to Krsna. Everyone is trying to love Krsna, but Krsna is trying to love Radha. Just imagine how great She is? Krsna prema is so valuable, but Krsna is after Radharani. She is so great. We have to offer Her our respects".
Srila Prabhupada (source unknown)
"Of all the young girls, Radha is the most beautiful. She always dresses so nicely that Damodara is attracted by Her beauty. If you go to Vrindavan you will find everyone worshiping Radharani. All the devotees in Vrindavan worship Radharani. The pure devotees pray to Radharani, 'O my worshipable Radharani! You are so full of mercy. I am begging for Your mercy.'"
(Lecture tape 09/18/69)
Krsna attracts everyone, but devotional service attracts Krsna. The symbol of devotional service in the highest degree is Radharani. Krsna is called Madana-mohana, which means that He is so attractive that He can defeat the attraction of thousands of Cupids. But Radharani is still more attractive, for She can even attract Krsna. Therefore devotees call Her Madana-mohana-mohini the attractor of the attractor of Cupid. To perform devotional service means to follow in the footsteps of Radharani, and devotees in Vrndavana put themselves under the care of Radharani in order to achieve perfection in their devotional service. In other words, devotional service is not an activity of the material world; it is directly under the control of Radharani. In Bhagavad-gita it is confirmed that the mahatmas, or great souls, are under the protection of daivi prakrti, the internal energy—Radharani. So, being directly under the control of the internal potency of Krsna, devotional service attracts even Krsna Himself.
NOD ch 1
"One day while Krsna was awaiting the arrival of Srimati Radharani by the bank of the Yamuna, He began to make a garland of kadamba flowers. In the meantime, Srimati appeared there, and at that time Murari [Krsna], the enemy of Mura, glanced over Radharani very sweetly."
NOD Ch 24
After He had stolen some yogurt from the pots of two gopés, Krsna told one of His gopi friends, "My dear beautiful friend, I can take oath that I have not stolen even a drop of yogurt from your pot! But still your friend Radharani is very shamelessly smelling the flavor of My mouth. Kindly forbid Her from this devious policy of putting Her face near Mine." When Krsna was speaking like this, the friends of Radharani could not check their laughter. This is an instance of laughter in ecstatic love.
NOD Ch 33
I hope everyone has a nice Radhastami,
Your Servant,
Vijaya Das
