Sri Radharani used to lament

[Swami B.V. Vishnu Daivata]

"[Srimati Radharani used to lament:] 'Our Krsna does not realize what we have suffered from injuries inflicted in the course of loving affairs. We are actually misused by love because love does not know where to strike and where not to strike. Even Cupid does not know of our very weakened condition. What should I tell anyone? No one can understand another's difficulties. Our life is actually not under our control, for youth will remain for two or three days and soon be finished. In this condition, O creator, what will be our destination?'

[RADHAKANTA DASA]

Dandavads Maharaj, I will also appreciate if U could send me the asta kalia lila describing the different times, places and pastimes Krsna is enacting. This will keep me in Vraj all the time.
Thanks.

[Chaitanya-Shakti dasi]

Maharaja,
Thank you so much for posting this. This book and its contents sound very, very sweet. Thank you for sharing! Jai Radhe!

[Raghunandan Das]

Maharaj, what are those five arrows indicates?
Why does Madana only shoot those arrows to innocent women not to men?

[Mahalaksmi dasi]

This is very high topic. Actually, it is very dangerous to equate the feelings that young men and young women have toward each other with the rasa of Radha and Krsna.....it will destroy one's bhakti. It is called "the perverted reflection"......there is certainly similarity, as the reflection in the water of a tree is very similiar to the actual tree which is growing.....however, one is something that can not be called real. If we think that the loving affairs of men and women in the material world are of the same substance as Radha and Krsna's exchanges, we will not be able to ente into pure bhakti.

[Sadhu Seva]

"krishna shoots arrows into the bodies of innocent women...... he simply gives me pain " wow .... thats really intense ..... I reckon a lot of bhaktas would relate to that feeling . ...It is interesting to hear that Radha experiences pain from being in love with krishna....It makes me feel better to know i am not alone.....in fact , perhaps the rest of the world needs know ......Jaya Radhe

[patricia thibeault]

Dear Maharaj,
Please keep telling stories from this book. I wish I could have this book but it is probably not translated. I have been hoping for the translation of Ujjvala Nilamani can you speak about this. Y.s. Pramodini dasi

[Swami B.V. Vishnu Daivata]

Dandavats!

This verse is from the Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka (3.9), by Ramananda Raya.

[Srimati Radharani spoke thus, in distress due to separation from Krsna:] "Oh, what shall I say of My distress? After I met Krsna My loving propensities sprouted, but upon separating from Him I sustained a great shock, which is now continuing like the sufferings of a disease. The only physician for this disease is Krsna Himself, but He is not taking care of this sprouting plant of devotional service. What can I say about the behavior of Krsna? Outwardly He is a very attractive young lover, but at heart He is a great cheat, very expert in killing others' wives. [Srimati Radharani continued lamenting about the consequences of loving Krsna:] "My dear friend, I do not understand the regulative principles given by the Creator. I loved Krsna for happiness, but the result was just the opposite. I am now in an ocean of distress. It must be that now I am going to die, for My vital force no longer remains. This is My state of mind. "By nature loving affairs are very crooked. They are not entered with sufficient knowledge, nor do they consider whether a place is suitable or not, nor do they look forward to the results. By the ropes of His good qualities, Krsna, who is so unkind, has bound My neck and hands, and I am unable to get relief. "In My loving affairs there is a person named Madana. His qualities are thus: Personally He possesses no gross body, yet He is very expert in giving pains to others. He has five arrows, and fixing them on His bow, He shoots them into the bodies of innocent women. Thus these women become invalids. It would be better if He took My life without hesitation, but He does not do so. He simply gives Me pain.

[RADHAKANTA DASA]

Dandavads Maharaj,
Who is speaking and to who? It is very interesting. I would like to know what is your understanding on this point and what can we learn from this?