Radh€stami Festival

September 2012

Radha Natabara Mandir

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

śrī-caitanya-prasādenatad-rūpasya vinirnayambālo 'pi kurute śāstramdrstvā vraja-vilāsinah

TRANSLATIONBy the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, even a foolish child can fully describe the real

nature of Lord Krsna, the enjoyer of the pastimes of Vraja, according to the vision of the revealed

scriptures.

CC Ādi 4.47: There is a great increase of mellow in the unwedded conjugal mood. Such love is found nowhere but in Vraja.CC Ādi 4.48: This mood is unbounded in the damsels of Vraja, but among them it finds its perfection in Śrī Rādhā.CC Ādi 4.49: Her pure, mature love surpasses that of all others. Her love is the cause of Lord Krsna's tasting the sweetness of the conjugal relationship.CC Ādi 4.50: Therefore Lord Gaurāńga, who is Śrī Hari Himself, accepted the sentiments of Rādhā and thus fulfilled His own desires.

govindānandinī rādhā, govinda-mohinīgovinda-sarvasva, sarva-kāntā-śiromani

TRANSLATIONRādhā is the one who gives pleasure to

Govinda, and She is also the enchantress of Govinda. She is the be-all

and end-all of Govinda, and the crest jewel of all His consorts.