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Srimati Radharani’s Appearance by Krishna.com
Srimati
Radharani
is
the
eternal
consort
of
Lord
Krishna.
Five
thousand
years
ago,
when
Lord
Krishna
came
to
this
planet
to
perform
His
pastimes,
Srimati
Radharani
also
appeared.
This
year
we
celebrate
her
appearance
on
September
15.
This
special
day
is
known
as
Radhashtami.
The
following
is
adapted
from
a
lecture by His Holiness Varshana Swami:
“On
a
half-moon
night
in
the
month
of
Bhadra,
King
Vrishabhanu
came
to
the
Jamuna
to
bathe
and
found
himself
engulfed
in
a
golden
aura,
the
golden
aura
of
pure
love.
It
was
emanating
from
a
lotus,
which
had
a
baby
girl
standing
on
its
whorl.
When
the
king
returned
to
the
palace
with
the
baby,
Queen
Kirtida
was
delighted. She was also shocked that the girl was blind.
“Lord
Krishna’s
mother,
Yashoda,
heard
that
her
best
friend
Kirtida
had
a
baby,
so
she
came
to
visit
along
with
her
husband
and
her
son.
Krishna
crawled
up
to
the
cradle
and
pulled
Himself
up
and
looked
in.
At
that
moment,
Srimati
Radharani’s
eyes
fluttered
and
opened
wide
and
blossomed
like
lotuses.
It
seems
that
she
did
not
want
to
see
anything
of
this
world,
only
the
form
of
Sri
Krishna.
Everyone was delighted.
“Srimati
Radharani
is
the
mother
of
the
universe,
the
spiritual
mother
of
all
souls.
And
the
concept
of
mother
is
the
most
sacred
symbol—that
of
purity,
selflessness,
caring,
sharing,
nurturing,
and
love.
That
is
why
our
sacred
mantra
is
the
holy
names.
It
is
the
holy
names
in
the
vocative.
Hare
Krishna,
Hare
Krishna,
Krishna
Krishna,
Hare
Hare
/
Hare
Rama,
Hare
Rama,
Rama
Rama,
Hare Hare.
“‘Hare’
means
‘Radhe.’
It
is
a
plaintive,
desperate
cry
for
the
mother.
‘Radhe!
Please
wake
us
up
from
this
nightmare
of
mortal
life!
Remind
us
of
the
father
we
have forgotten and take us home!’”
In
the
Krishna
consciousness
movement,
devotees
carefully
worship
Srimati
Radharani
as
the
bestower
of
devotional
service
to
Krishna,
by
attentively
chanting
her
name
in
the
maha-mantra,
by
worshiping
her
deity
form,
and
by
following
the
instructions
of
the
most
merciful
Sri
Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu,
who
is
the combined form of Radha and Krishna.
“(Therefore)
Radha
is
parama-devata,
the
supreme
goddess,
and
She
is
worshipable
for
everyone.
She
is
the protectress of all, and She is the mother of the entire universe.” —Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi 4.89
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June
Jun 3 to 30
June 03 - Lecture BG 07.03
June 10 - Lecture BG 04.05 - Montreal
June 10 - Lecture SB 07.06.01 - Montreal
June 11 - Lecture - Montreal
June 11 - Writes letter to the U.S. Department of Justice
to apply for permenant or immigration visa
as Religious Minister
June 12 - Lecture SB 07.06.01 - Montreal
June 13 - Lecture BG 04.07 - Montreal
June 14 - Lecture BG 04.08 - Montreal
June 15 - Lecture - Montreal
June 16 - Lecture SB 07.06.03 - Montreal
June 19 - Lecture BG 04.09 - Montreal
June 20 - Lecture SB 01.04.25 - Montreal
June 23 - Lecture SB 07.06.06-9 - Montreal
June 26 - Lecture - Montreal
June 29 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal
August
Aug 1 to 30
August 02 - Lecture SB 01.02.05 - Montreal
August 03 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Montreal
August 03 - writes a letter to Pope Paul VI
August 11 - Lecture Initiation Brahmana - Montreal
August 15 - Lecture Initiation - Montreal
August 15 - Conversation - Montreal
August 16 - Janmāṣṭamī, appearance day of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
August 17 - Vyāsa-pūjā, appearance day of Śrīla Prabhupāda
August 17 - Lecture SB 07.09.11 - Montreal
August 18 - Lecture SB 07.09.12 - Montreal
August 19 - Lecture SB 07.09.12 - Montreal
August 20 - Lecture SB 07.09.12-13 - Montreal
August 21 - Lecture SB 07.09.13 - Montreal
August 22 - Lecture SB 07.09.13-14 - Montreal
August 23 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal
August 24 - Lecture BG 04.01 - Montreal
August 25 - Conversation - Montreal
August 26 - Conversation - Montreal
August 30 - Rādhāṣṭamī, appearance day of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
July
Jul 1 to 31
July 01 - Lecture SB 07.09.08 - Montreal
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July 14 - Lecture SB 07.09.10-11 - Montreal
July 16 - Conversation - Montreal
July 17 - Purport to Sri-Krsna-Caitanya Prabhu - Montreal
July 18 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal
July 20 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal
July 22 - Lecture Wedding
Paramananda and Satyabhama - Montreal
July 24 - Lecture Initiation - Montreal
July 27 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal
July 27 - Conversation - Montreal
July 28 - Lecture to Indian Audience - Montreal
July 29 - Lecture Initiation - Montreal
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Tonight’s lecture
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pleasure, custom, in every..., in Oriental countries, that in the palace
there are many beautiful girls, they're always dancing and giving
pleasure to the kings and the prince. So Lord Buddha was also in
such pleasure, but he gave up everything and began to meditate.
There are many hundreds of instances in Indian history that to
realize the Brahman pleasure they gave up everything. They gave up
everything. That is the way. Tapasya means voluntarily accepting
something severe for realizing the supreme pleasure. That is called
tapasya. So if, for tasting a little Brahman pleasure, all materialistic
pleasures are to be given up, do you think that the Supreme
Brahman, Lord Kṛṣṇa, is enjoying this material pleasure? Is it very
reasonable?
This Kṛṣṇa, He's enjoying lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-
sevyamānam (Bs. 5.29). Hundreds and thousands of goddess of
fortune are engaged in His service. Do you think these lakṣmīs are
material woman? How Kṛṣṇa can take pleasure in the material
woman? No. This is mistake.
Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā
kalābhiḥ (Bs. 5.37). In the Brahma-saṁhitā you'll find that He
expands His ānanda-cinmaya-rasa, the mellow of transcendental
pleasure potency. And these gopīs are expansion of His pleasure
potency, and Rādhārāṇī is the center. Rādhārāṇī is the center.
So Rādhārāṇī is not... Don't take that Rādhārāṇī is an ordinary
woman, like we have our wife or sister or mother. No. She is the
pleasure potency. And the birth of Rādhārāṇī was not from the
womb of any human being. She was found by Her father in the field.
While father was plowing, he saw one little nice child is lying there,
and he had no children, so he caught it and presented to the queen,
"Oh, here we have got a very nice child." "How you got?" "Oh, in the
field." Just see. Rādhārāṇī's janma is like that.
So this janma is today, and Rādhā, this name is sometimes not
found in Bhāgavata. So the atheistic class of men protest that
"Rādhārāṇī's name is not in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. How this name
came, Rādhārāṇī?" But they do not know how to see it. There is
anayārādhyate. There are many gopīs, but there is mention that by
this particular gopī He is served more pleasingly. Kṛṣṇa accepts this
Now today is our Rādhāṣṭami ceremony. I must speak now
something about Rādhārāṇī, and then I shall go up, reach my
apartment at twelve. In the meantime, you can observe the
ceremonies. So, so far Rādhārāṇī, Rādhārāṇī, today is the birthday of
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Rādhārāṇī is the pleasure potency of Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Brahman. Just try to understand. Kṛṣṇa is the
Supreme Brahman. Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ
paramaṁ bhavān (BG 10.12).
So when paraṁ brahma wants to enjoy... That enjoying spirit is there
in the paraṁ brahma. Otherwise we cannot have this enjoying spirit.
Because we are part and parcel, therefore we have got that enjoying
spirit; but that is materially contaminated. But the fact is there,
because Kṛṣṇa, He is enjoying, this enjoying spirit we have got also,
but I do not know how to enjoy. We are trying to enjoy in the matter,
in the dull matter. That is spiritual.
So brahman, brahman sukhānubhūtyā. People are trying to feel what
is brahma-sukha, pleasure of brahmānubhāva. That is not material
pleasure. So many yogīs, they have given up their family life, their
kingdom, and meditating to achieve that Brahman pleasure.
Actually, the idea is Brahman pleasure.
So many brahmacārīs, so many sannyāsīs, they are trying to achieve
that Brahman pleasure, and in order to achieve that Brahman
pleasure they are neglecting, they are kicking off all this material
pleasure. Do you think that Brahman pleasure is ordinary, this
material pleasure? To achieve a portion of Brahman pleasure, if they
are kicking off all this material pleasure...
Don't talk of ourselves. We are ordinary men. In the history we have
got instances, that of Bharata Mahārāja, Bharata Mahārāja, under
whose name this planet is called Bhārata-varṣa. That Bharata
Mahārāja was the emperor of the whole world. And as emperor he
had his beautiful wife, young children. But at the age of twenty-four
years, just young man, he gave up everything. All right. This is very
old story, of course, but you know Lord Buddha. He was also a
prince.
He was also prince, not ordinary man, and he was kṣatriya, and he
was always enjoying with beautiful woman. That is the palace
gopī's service more gladly. Anayārādhyate. Ārādhyate. This ārādhate,
this word, ārādhyate means worshiping. From this word ārādhyate,
Rādhā has come. But Rādhā's name are there in other Purāṇas. So
this is the origin. So Rādhā.
So Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the enjoyer, and He wants to enjoy. So
He's the Supreme Brahman. He cannot enjoy anything, ātmarāma,
He can enjoy it in Himself. Therefore Rādhārāṇī is the expansion of
His pleasure potency. Kṛṣṇa hasn't got to seek external things for His
pleasure. No. He is in Himself full, ātmarāma. So Rādhārāṇī is
expansion of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the energetic, and Rādhārāṇī is the
energy.
Just like energy and energetic, you cannot separate. Fire and the heat
you cannot separate. Wherever there is fire there is heat, and
wherever there is heat there is fire. Similarly, wherever there is Kṛṣṇa
there is Rādhā, and wherever there is Rādhā there is Kṛṣṇa. They are
inseparable. But He is enjoying.
So Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī has described this intricate
philosophy of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in one verse, very nice verse.
rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hladinī-śaktir asmād
ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau
(CC Adi 1.5)
So Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is the one Supreme, but in order to enjoy, They
have divided into two. Again, Lord Caitanya joined the two into one.
Caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā. That one means Kṛṣṇa in the
ecstasy of Rādhā. Sometimes Kṛṣṇa is in ecstasy of Rādhā.
Sometimes Rādhā is in ecstasy of Kṛṣṇa. This is going on. But the
whole thing is Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa means the one, the Supreme.
So Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa philosophy is a very great philosophy. It is to be
understood in the liberated stage. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa philosophy is not to
be understood in the conditioned stage. But when we worship
Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in our conditional stage, actually we worship Lakṣmī-
Nārāyaṇa. You have seen that picture, this viddhi-mārga and rāga-
mārga. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa worship is on the platform of pure love, and
Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa worship is on the regulative principle.
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So long we do not develop our pure love, we have to worship on the
regulative principle. One has to become a brahmacārī, one has to
become a sannyāsī, one has to perform the worship in this way, in
the morning he has to rise, he has to offer. So many rules and
regulation. There are at least sixty-four rules and regulation. So we
shall introduce them gradually as you develop.
So in the viddhi-mārga, when you have no love for God, or Kṛṣṇa,
we have to follow the regulative principle, and automatically..., they
are practicing. When practicing, just like you practice this mṛdaṅga
playing, in the beginning it is not in order, but when you become
well versed in the practice, the sound will come so nice.
Similarly, when we are engaged by regulative principles in the
worship of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, that is called viddhi-mārga. And actually
when you are on the love platform, then that is called rāga-mārga.
So without viddhi-mārga, if anyone wants to learn the rāga-mārga
immediately, that is foolishness. That is foolishness. Nobody can
pass M.A. examination without going through the regulative
principles of primary schools and colleges.
So therefore I do not, I mean to say, indulge in the discussions of
Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa so easily. Rather, go on with the regulative
principle at the present moment. Gradually, as you become purified,
as you become on the transcendental platform, you'll understand
what is Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Don't try to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa very
quickly. It is a very big subject.
If we want to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa very quickly, then there will
be so many prākṛta-sahajiyā. In India there are prākṛta-sahajiyā. Just
like Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa dancing. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa has become a plaything.
The painting Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is kissing Rādhā, Rādhā is kissing.
These are all nonsense. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa philosophy has to be
understood by the liberated person, not by the conditioned soul.
So we shall await for the fortunate moment when we are liberated,
then we shall understand rādhā-kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir (CC Adi 1.5).
Because Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā, They are not on the material field. Try to
understand. This is Jīva Gosvāmī's analysis, that Kṛṣṇa is the
Supreme Brahman. The Supreme Brahman cannot accept anything
material. So Rādhā is not in the material field.
Now there is a very nice song. I shall sing, if you can play on the
harmonium. Yes. This is a Rūpa Gosvāmī's song. (sings)
rādhe jaya jaya mādhava-dayite
gokula-taruṇī-maṇḍala-mahite
dāmodara-rati-vardhana-veśe
hari-niṣkuta-vṛndā-vipineśe
vṛṣabhānudadhi-nava-śaśi-lekhe
lalitā-sakhī guṇa-ramita-viśākhe
karuṇāṁ kuru mayi karuṇā-bharite
sanaka-sanātana-varṇita-carite
rādhe jaya jaya mādhava-dayite
This song was sung by Rūpa Gosvāmī. He is the real person, actual
person, to understand Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. So he says, "All glories to
Rādhārāṇī." Rādhe jaya jaya mādhava-dayite. "She's so dear to
Kṛṣṇa." Kṛṣṇa, everyone is trying to love Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa is trying
to love somebody. So how great She is. Just try to understand.
Everyone, the whole world, the whole universe, all living entities,
they are trying to love Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa-prema.
Lord Caitanya describes, prema-pumārtho mahān. And Rūpa
Gosvāmī described that "You are distributing kṛṣṇa-prema." So
kṛṣṇa-prema is so valuable, but Kṛṣṇa is after Rādhārāṇī. Just see
how Rādhārāṇī is great. Just try to understand the greatness of
Rādhārāṇī. Therefore She is so great, and we have to offer our
respect.
Rādhe jaya jaya madhava-dayite. How She is? Gokula-taruṇī-
maṇḍala-mahite. Taruṇī, taruṇī means young girls. You'll see the
pictures, they are all young girls. But of all the young girls, She is the
most beautiful. She is enchanting to the young girls also. She is so
beautiful. Gokula-taruṇī-maṇḍala-mahite.
Dāmodara-rati-vardhana-veśe. And She always dresses Her so nicely
that Dāmodara, Kṛṣṇa, becomes attracted by Her beauty. Hari-
niṣkuta-vṛndā-vipineśe. And She is the only lovable object of Kṛṣṇa,
and She is the queen of Vṛndāvana. This queen of Vṛndāvana...
You'll find in Vṛndāvana, if you go to Vṛndāvana, everyone is
worshiping Rādhārāṇī. Rāṇī means queen. They are always
speaking, "Jaya Rādhe!" Rādhārāṇī.
All the devotees in Vṛndāvana, they are worshiper of Rādhārāṇī.
Hari-niṣkuta-vṛndā-vipineśe. Vṛṣabhānudadhi-nava-śaśi-lekhe. And
She appeared as the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and Her
companion, Lalitā-sakhī and Viśākha-sakhī, and the devotees.
So on behalf of the pure devotees of Kṛṣṇa, Rūpa Gosvāmī is
praying, karuṇāṁ kuru mayi karuṇā-bharite: "O my worshipable
Rādhārāṇī, You are full of mercy. So I am begging of Your mercy
because You are so merciful, very easily You offer, bestow Your
mercy. So I am begging Your mercy." Karuṇāṁ kuru mayi karuṇā-
bharite, sanaka-sanātana-varṇita-carite.
Now somebody may say, "Oh, you are so great, learned scholar, you
are so great saintly person, and you are begging mercy from an
ordinary girl? How is that?" Therefore Rūpa Gosvāmī says, "Oh, this
is not ordinary girl." Sanaka-sanātana-varṇita-carite: "This girl's
description is possible to be made by great saintly person like
Sanaka-Sanātana. She is not ordinary."
So the lesson is that we should not treat Rādhārāṇī as ordinary girl
or Kṛṣṇa as ordinary man. They are the Supreme Absolute Truth.
But in the Absolute Truth, there is the pleasure potency, and that is
exhibited in the dealings of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. And Rādhā's
expansion all the gopīs, and Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord.
Thank you very much. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. You can chant? Can you
chant? Janārdana? All right, you can chant. (Hindi)
Indian man: (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: What is that? No, I have explained that one śloka from
this Rāma-carita-manasa. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
(44:12)
(kīrtana) (prema-dhvani) Thank you very much. (devotees offer
obeisances) (short Hindi exchange with Indians) (cut) (end)
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Part 2
For the sake of brahma-suhka,
transcendental happiness
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Many personalities give or gave everything up for achieving
brahma-sukha:
•
yogīs
•
brahmacārīs
•
sannyāsīs
•
Ex. Bhārata Mahārāja
•
Ex. Lord Bhuddha
They gave up everything.
They performed tapasya.
Tapasya means voluntalrily accepting something severe for realizing the
supreme pleasure.
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Part 3
Kṛṣṇa’s enjoyment
through His internal potency
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Part 4
Rādha-Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya
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The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are
transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal
pleasure-giving potency. Although Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa
are one in Their identity, previously They separated
Themselves. Now these two transcendental identities
have again united, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself
with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī
Rādhārāṇī although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
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Part 5
From basics to ultimate goal
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Basics of purification,
purpose of yoga
Bg 6.7
jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya
paramātmā samāhitaḥ
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu
tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
For one who has conquered
the mind, the Supersoul is
already reached, for he has
attained tranquillity. To such a man happiness and distress, heat
and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.
Purport: Actually, every living entity is intended to abide by the
dictation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seated in
everyone’s heart as Paramātmā. When the mind is misled by the
external, illusory energy, one becomes entangled in material
activities. Therefore, as soon as one’s mind is controlled through
one of the yoga systems, one should be considered to have already
reached the destination. One has to abide by superior dictation.
When one’s mind is fixed on the superior nature, he has no
alternative but to follow the dictation of the Supreme. The mind
must admit some superior dictation and follow it. The effect of
controlling the mind is that one automatically follows the dictation
of the Paramātmā, or Supersoul. Because this transcendental
position is at once achieved by one who is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
the devotee of the Lord is unaffected by the dualities of material
existence, namely distress and happiness, cold and heat, etc. This
state is practical samādhi, or absorption in the Supreme.
From
Misled
to
Led
by superior dictation
One many not see the link
between daily
devotional practice
and the ultimate goal
but
there is a link.
Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa worship
is on the platform of pure love,
and Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa worship
is on the regulative principle.
We have to go trough
the basics first
then gradually
we’ll get where
we should always have been,
back to our original
Krishna consciousness.
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NoD 19: Devotional Service in Pure Love of God
When one's desire to love Kṛṣṇa in one's particular relationship
becomes intensified, this is known as pure love of Godhead. In the
beginning a devotee is engaged in the regulative principles of
devotional service by the order of his spiritual master. When one
thereby becomes completely purified of all material contamination,
there develops an attachment and taste for devotional service. This
taste and attachment, when gradually intensified in the course of
time, becomes love. The word love can be actually applied only in
relationship with the Personality of Godhead. In the material world,
love is not applicable at all. What goes on under the name of love in
the material world is nothing but lust. There is a gulf of difference
between love and lust, like the difference between gold and iron. In
the Nārada Pañcarātra it is clearly stated that when lust is completely
transferred to the Supreme Godhead and the concept of kinship is
completely reposed in Him, such is accepted as pure love of God by
great authorities like Bhīṣma, Prahlāda, Uddhava and Nārada.
Great authorities like Bhīṣma have explained that love of Godhead
means completely giving up all so-called love for any other person.
According to Bhīṣma, love means reposing one's affection completely
upon one person, withdrawing all affinities for any other person.
This pure love can be transferred to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead under two conditions—out of ecstasy and out of the
causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
Aspiring to be led to
pure love of Godhead
We have to know
what is
pure love
otherwise how
will we be motivated
to attain it?
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Part 6
Bhajan and explanations
by Śrīla Prabhupāda in his lecture
Rādhe jaya jaya mādhava dayite
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Radharani’s Blessings
“My father was Vaiṣṇava. He was Vaiṣṇava, and he wanted me to become a
Vaiṣṇava. Whenever some saintly person would come, he would ask him,
‘Please bless my son that he can become a servant of Rādhārāṇī.’ That
was his prayer.”
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Dallas, March 3, 1975)
