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In Krishnaism, Krishna is referred to as Svayam Bhagavan [11] and Radha is illustrated as the primeval potency of the three main potencies of God, Hladini (immense spiritual bliss), Sandhini (eternality), and Samvit (existential consciousness), of which Radha is an embodiment of the feeling of love towards Krishna ( Hladini ).
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- Birth. Shri Krushna belonged to the royal dynasty while Radha to an ordinary cowherds family. Like Sita, she too was born out of a resolve (sankalpa).
- Special features. Radha is the manifest form of devotion unto Shri Krushna. In response to the question ‘How devoted should one be ?’ the Naradbhaktisutra writes ‘Like the gopis (wives of the cowherds) of Vraj (यथा व्रजगोपिकानाम्)’.
- Futility of misinterpretation of the Radha-Krushna relationship. Radha’s spiritual love (priti), that is devotion unto Shri Krushna has been misinterpreted as love in the Radha-Krushna relationship.
- The flute. The sound of the flute means the anahat sound. That sound had maddened all the gopis (wives of the cowherds). So one will realise how highly spiritually evolved they were.
Krishna, it is claimed, enchants the world, while Radha enchants him. The story of Radha and Krishna was popularised by the 12th-century Sanskrit poem, Gita Govinda , written by the Brahmin Jayadeva Goswani, the former court poet of Shri Lakshmana Sena, the king of Bengal.
There's a beautiful description in the Chaitanya-Caritamrita which gives us a window into the connection between Radha and Krishna. "Radha is the full power, and Lord Kṛṣṇa is the possessor of full power. The two are not different, as evidenced by the revealed scriptures.
Radha, in Hinduism, the gopi (milkmaid) who became the beloved of the god Krishna during that period of his life when he lived among the gopa s (cowherds) of Vrindavan. Radha was the wife of another gopa but was the dearest of Krishna’s consorts and his constant companion.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 27, 2023 · Contrary to the notion of an extramarital affair, the bond between Radha and Krishna transcends human concepts of marriage. Their connection is a sacred and eternal one, rooted in the divine realm rather than subject to human norms.
Feb 15, 2018 · The difference is between the puranas and the vedas. A few of the Puranas state Krishna to be supreme God, while all of the Vedas praise Indra as the best of the Gods. But since vedas are superior to the Puranas, and are to be followed when there is any conflict, Indra prevails.
