we should not imitate Radharani

[Guest guest]

When one becomes uttama-adhikari, maha-bhagavata, he does not see anyone as

demon. He sees, "Everyone is worshiping Krsna. I am not worshiping." This is

maha-bhagavata. Just like Radharani. Radharani always feels that "I do not

know how to love Krsna. Oh, he, here is a gopi. How she loves Krsna." That

is Her... This is called maha-bhava. So we should not imitate Radharani.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu... Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He's the symbol of

Radharani's maha-bhava. He says that "I do not love Krsna. I do not know how

to love Krsna." Then if you, somebody, if somebody says, "Then why You are

crying?Well, that is a show. I am making a show. I am crying." Then what

is the symptom? "The symptom is that if I would have loved Krsna, then

without Him I have died long, long ago. I should have died. I am living

still without Krsna; that means I do not love Krsna." This is

maha-bhagavata-bhava, separation.

aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam

adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va

yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato

mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

[Cc. Antya 20.47]

[Lord Krsna, who is the lover of many devotees (women), may embrace this

fully surrendered maidservant or may trample me with His feet, or He may

render me brokenhearted by not being present before me for a long duration

of time, but still He is nothing less than the Absolute Lord of my heart].

This is maha-bhagavata. So maha-bhagavata, we should not imitate. But we

should not remain also as kanistha-adhikari. We must come to the

madhyama-adhikari, middle stage. So these stages will be manifest gradually

if we simply try to develop our attachment for Krsna.

 

Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Bhagavad-gita 7.1 -- Ahmedabad, December 13,

1972