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Jaya Sri Radhe! All glories to this holy appearance day of Sri Radha.

 

Here is an excerpt from Srila Prabhupada's purport to Bhagavata 2.3.23:

 

Lord Sri Krsna is the property of His pure unconditional devotees, and as

such only the devotees can deliver Krsna to another devotee; Krsna is

never obtainable directly. Lord Caitanya therefore designated Himself as

gopi-bhartuh pada-kamalayor dasa-dasanudasa, or the most obedient servant

of the servants of the Lord, who maintains the gopi damsels at Vrndavana.

A pure devotee therefore never approaches the Lord directly, but tries to

please the servant of the Lord's servants, and thus the Lord becomes

pleased, and only then can the devotee relish the taste of the tulasi

leaves stuck to His lotus feet. In the Brahma-samhita it is said that the

Lord is never to be found by becoming a great scholar of the Vedic

literatures, but He is very easily approachable through His pure devotee. In

Vrndavana all the pure devotees pray for the mercy of Srimati Radharani,

the pleasure potency of Lord Krsna. Srimati Radharani is a tenderhearted

feminine counterpart of the supreme whole, resembling the perfectional stage

of the worldly feminine nature. Therefore, the mercy of Radharani is

available very readily to the sincere devotees, and once She recommends such

a devotee to Lord Krsna, the Lord at once accepts the devotees admittance

into His association. The conclusion is, therefore, that one should be more

serious about seeking the mercy of the devotee than that of the Lord

directly, and by ones doing so (by the good will of the devotee) the natural

attraction for the service of the Lord will be revived."

 

MDd