KUALA LUMPUR - More on Srimati Radharani
Gaura lila - Appeared as Gadadhara Pandit / Lord Chaitanya
Age: 14 years 2 months 15 days
Father: Maharaja Vrsabhanu;
Mother: Kirtida devi;
Grandfather (Paternal): Mahibhanu;
Grandmother (Paternal): Sukhada devi;
Grandfather (Maternal): Indu;
Grandmother (Maternal): Mukhara devi who is also young Yasoda and Radha's nursemaid;
Uncles (Paternal): Ratnabhanu, Subhanu, Bhanu;
Uncles (Maternal): Bhadrakirti, Mahakirti, Kirticandra;
Aunts (Maternal): Menaka-devi, Sasthi-devi, Gauri-devi, Dhatri-devi and Dhataki-devi;
Mother's sister is Kirtimati-devi, whose husband is Kasa;
Father's sister is Bhanumudra-devi, whose husband is Kusa;
Brother: (elder) Sridama;
Sister: (younger) Ananga manjari;
Husband (so-called): Abhimanyu;
Father-in-law is Vrkagopa;
Mother-in-law: Jatila;
Sister-in-law: Kutila;
Brother-in-law: Durmada;
Eight dearest friends - Asta-Sakhis:
Lalita;
Visakha;
Sucitra;
Campakalata;
Ranga-devi;
Sudevi;
Tungavidya;
Indulekha.
Rädhä Krishna Ganoddesa Dipika - Rupa Goswami
Rädhikä, Rädhä, Rädhäräni
Srimati Radharani appeared exactly two weeks after the appearance of Sri Krishna on the eighth day of the waxing moon of Hrsikesha (Bhadra) mase, at noon. She was found on a lotus flower by Vrashabhanu and his wife Kirtida near the village of Barsana, a few miles away from Nandagrama. It is said that Srimati Radharani first opened Her eyes only when Sri Krishna appeared before Her. Until that time Her eyes were closed.
Govinda Lilamrita, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami 11.124
"Radhika never was initiated, nor did She study or hear from a siksa guru, but still She became the teacher of the arts to all the Vraja Gopis, who astonish all the ladies of the three worlds with their skills and who give the highest satisfaction to Sauri, the ocean of all the arts!"
Her Favorite Pets:
- Surabhi cows: Sunada, Yamuna and Bahula;
- Calf: Tungi
- Female monkey: Kakkhati;
- Parrots: Süksmadhé and Subhä;
- Swan: Tundikeri
- Doe: Rangini;
- Chakori bird (Himalayan partridge): Carucandrika;
- Elephant: Madhuri.
Srimati Radharani, wears dress made of Her youthful bluish modesty woven with syama colored threads, and also uttaria, which is red due to extreme attachment for the company of Krishna;
She is outwardly very clever and contradictory while at heart is submissive;
She has a complexion like a yellow campaka flower and lightening;
Her lips are reddish due to Her deep attraction for Krsna.
Her personal beauty is compared to kumkuma and Her friendship with Her associates is compared to sandalwood pulp. The sweetness of Her calm sobriety is compared to camphor. These three ingredients decorate the body of Srimati Radharani - kumkuma, sandalwood pulp, and camphor.
Srimati Radharani is the eternal consort of Lord Sri Krsna and the embodiment of His hlädini potency. She is known as mahäbhäva-svarüpini, the personification of the highest ecstasy of divine love. She is the internal pleasure potency of the Lord; the incarnation of love; the queen of Vrindavan; and the crest jewel of the gopis.
The name Radha comes from the word arädhäna: One who can serve, who can worship, who can give respect, who really loves Krishna, who can render loving service.
Like Sri Krishna, Srimati Radha also has innumerable qualities, among which twenty-five are prominent:
- She is sweet (madhura), that is, She is incomparably beautiful in appearance;
- She is an ever-fresh youth;
- Her eyes are restless and inclined to give sidelong glances;
- She has a radiant, gentle and sweet smile;
- She has beautiful lines, indicating auspiciousness;
- She maddens Krishna with the fragrance of Her bodily limbs;
- She is expert in the musical arts;
- She speaks sweetly;
- She is expert in making jokes;
- She is very polite and modest;
- She is merciful;
- She is cunning;
- She is expert in all duties;
- She is shy;
- She is always steadfast on the path of righteous conduct;
- She is patient;
- She is grave, so that it is very difficult to understand the import of Her mind;
- She is fond of enjoying pastimes;
- She is acutely eager to manifest the supermost excellence of mahäbhäva;
- When the residents of Gokula see Her, their hearts immediately overflow with prema;
- Her fame pervades the entire universe;
- She is the object of affection for Her superiors (guru-jana);
- She is controlled by the intense love of Her sakhis;
- She is prominent among all Krishna's sakhis;
- Kesava always remains submissive to Her orders.
No one is more dear to Krishna than Srimati Radharani. Srimati Radharani is not inferior to Sri Krishna in any way. It is Krishna Himself who enjoys Himself in two separate forms, as the enjoyer and the enjoyed. Krishna's beauty is so stunning that He Himself becomes enchanted by His own beauty. But if the beauty of Srimati Radharani were not greater than that of Sri Krishna, She could not enchant He who can enchant the whole universe. That is why She is called Bhüvan-mohän-mohini. She is the effulgence of Krishna, who is like the full moon (Krishnachandra). Sri Krishna is the sum total of all ecstasy, all beauty. He is the original reservoir of all wealth, prowess, and knowledge. So the greatness of Radharani, is beyond the limit of human knowledge, even beyond the limit of understanding of many liberated souls.