It is necessary to understand the essence of this verse and thus become very beautiful, qualified devotees. Without properly understanding its moods, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa will not be sufficient to receive the Lord’s full mercy. The quality of our chanting will be enhanced by our thoroughly grasping and embracing its meaning. With a clear understanding of this verse and its mood, we can focus internally while chanting…
…Hearing this from Yaśodā-maiyā, Nārada thought, “I should not make any problems for Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes by showing that I consider Him the Supreme Lord. Let His Vraja pastimes continue.” Seeing the glories of Nanda Bābā, Yaśodā-maiyā, and the gopīs, Nārada was trembling, fearing that he might commit an offense. He feared that if he would tell Yaśodā-maiyā that Kṛṣṇa is God, Kṛṣṇa might become angry because His nara-līlā (human-like pastimes) would be disturbed. Yaśodā-maiyā knew more tattva (established philosophical truths) than Nārada, but due to the influence of Yogamāyā, she considered Kṛṣṇa her little boy who needed to become healthy and intelligent, and who needed to have any possible inauspiciousness driven away by the dust of Nārada’s feet…
The love and affection of Śrīmatī Rādhikā is higher than that of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Although Śrīla Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura indicates that Kṛṣṇa is superior to Rādhikā, those in the line of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, and Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī desire that Rādhikā be always victorious over Kṛṣṇa – and it actually happens that way…
Dīkṣā-guru is the manifestation of the form (rūpa) of Kṛṣṇa, and śikṣā-guru is the manifestation of the personal nature (svarūpa) of Kṛṣṇa. Which is superior, rūpa or svarūpa? In essence, there is no difference between them. Sva means ‘mine’ or ‘own,’ and therefore svarūpa may sometimes be dearer than rūpa, though essentially they are the same…
Come with me to Vrndavana, where Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, the author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, wrote his book in the solitary atmosphere of the Radha-Damodara Temple in Seva-kunja. Seva-kunja is one of the places in which the Lord performed His amorous pastimes. The foot-dust of all the gopis is there, Srimati Radhika’s foot-dust is there,…