Sri Krishna`s Visaya

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Those who are lucky to understand Chaitanya

as well as the Vrndavana pastimes of Radha

and Krishna can be able, by the mercy of

Krishna`s pure-devotee, to know about the

real identity of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Ramananda Raya, at first, was bewildered

when he saw Lord Chaitanya as a sanyasi,

then as a cowherd boy, then as a golden doll -His complexion like gold, the He

became dark, like Sri Govinda, the Cowherd

Boy of Goloka Vrndavan. Ramananda therefore wanted Lord Chaitanya to explain to him

why he`s seeing Him that way.

" It is the nature of highly elevated devo-

tees to see Krishna in everything, " said

Lord Chaitanya and , " ...whenever they see

anything, they do not see the form of that

particular thing. They see Krishna."

Since Ramananda Raya had the highest con-

ceptions of the pastimes between Krishna

and Radharani, he therefore saw Them every-

where.

Ramananda had understood that Lord Chaitanya

had accepted the complexion and mode of

thinking of Srimati Radharani. He knew that

Lord Chaitanya had incarnated mainly to

understand His own self and at the same time

distribute love of Krishna to the world.

Being satisfied, Lord Chaitanya therefore

showed Ramananda Raya His form as the combi-

nation of Sri Radha and Krishna, having

possessed the transcendental ability to

become two and then become one again. By

seeing this unique form of Lord Chaitanya,

Ramananda Raya was pacified, having informed

him that he was the only one to have seen

this rare, transcendental form.

The fact is that Krishna and Lord Chaitanya

are simultaneously One although Both are

different in form. In His form as Krishna,

He is the supreme enjoyer while in His form

as Lord Chaitanya, He is the supreme Visaya

or Object of enjoyment.

In other words, no one can be more attractive

than Sri Krishna and no one but Sri Krishna

Himself can enjoy the supreme form of

devotion, Srimati Radharani. These facts

which Lord Chaitanya disclosed to Ramananda

Raya can not be understood by people who

are deluded by maya, making it the butt of

jokes if revealed to them. So it is better

to keep these facts within himself rather

than being ridiculed at Lord Chaitanya`s

expense.

In Chaitanya-caritamrta, the discussions

between Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda

Raya deal with the most concentrated form of

devotional service, which can not be com-

pared to any other form . Hence, if a devo-

tee is fortunate enough to have faith

in those discussions, he can enter into the

transcendental association of Radharani and

Krishna, the Divine Couple.

Srimati Radharani is conclusively Krishna`s

supreme Object of Enjoyment(Visaya). Their

conjugal pastimes being the highest form

of eternal bliss to a pure-devotee like

Ramananda Raya who discussed this to no other

than Lord Krishna Chaitanya Himself.

Note: Taken from the Teachings of Chaitanya,

Chapter 32, The Conclusion ", 1981 Phil.

Copyright edition, p344-347.