Qualities and Characteristics of RADHARANI

QUALITIES:-

There are 25 transcendental qualities of RADHARANI:-

(1)  She is sweetness personified;  (2)  She is a fresh young girl;  (3)  Her eyes are always moving; (4)  She is always brightly smiling;  (5)  She possesses all auspicious marks on Her body; (6) She can agitate Krishna by the flavor of Her person;  (7)  She is expert in the art of singing; (8) She can speak very nicely and sweetly;  (9)  She is expert in presenting feminine attractions; (10) She is modest and gentle;  (11) She is always very merciful;  (12)  She is transcendentally cunning;  (13) She knows how to dress nicely;  (14) She is always shy;  (15) She is always respectful;   (16) She is always patient;   (17) She is very grave;   (18) She is enjoyed by Krishna; (19) She is always situated on the highest devotional platform;   (20) She is the abode of love of the residents of Gokula;   (21) She can give shelter to all kinds of devotees;   (22) She is always affectionate to superiors and inferiors;   (23) She is always obliged by the dealings of Her associates, (24) She is the greatest amongst Krishna's girl friends;   (25) She always keeps Krishna under Her control.

RADHARANI is also called  GOVINDA MOHINI, GOVINDA SARVASA, GOVINDA SARVA KANTA

Without Radha Rani there is no meaning to lord Krishna and without Krishna there is no meaning to Radha Rani. Because of this, in the Vaishnava tradition we always pay respects first to the Lord's internal energy in the form of Radha Rani, and then to the Lord Krishna. Thus They are referred to as Radha-Krishna, or in other names as Sita-Rama, Lakshmi-Narayana, and so on. In this way, Radha and Krishna are one, but when Lord Krishna wants to enjoy, He manifests Himself as Radharani. Otherwise, there is no energy in which Krishna can attain pleasure outside Himself.

CHARACTERISTICS :-

There are unlimited characteristics of RADHARANI, some important characteriscics are:-

Birth of SRIMATI RADHARANI

5000 years ago when Sri Krishna descended in His original form, as a cowherd boy in Vrindavan, Srimati Radharani accompanied Him in Her original form. She appeared exactly two weeks after the appearance of Sri Krishna on the eighth day of the lunar moon (ashtami). Srimati Radharani 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.

                            Then one day krishna arrived at RADHA's house and he gave his palm in RADHA'S eye, then RADHA opened her eye and saw her beloved KRISHNA infront of her.

                            Understanding the mellows of the relationship between Krishna and Radha is impossible from the mundane perspective. Understanding devotion at the platform of intimacy, which is the highest level of relationship of a devotee with Krishna, is only possible in the most elevated stages of bhakti where there is not even a tinge of material contamination.

  

                            The loving affairs of Radha and Krishna are not ordinary, material loving affairs, although they appear like that. Rascals and fools misunderstand Krishna to be an ordinary man. They do not know Krishna's transcendental nature. They try to imitate Krishna's rasa-lila, His dancing with the Gopis.

Little knowledge about SRI RADHA part 2

Radharani is called The Supreme Lord has multipotencies, which act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity are being directed solely by His will. That internal potency, called the Hladini Sakti who is Srimati Radharani. Krishna stated in the Bhagavad-Gita (9.10): "Under My superintendence the material energy is working". Apart from the material, external energy, there is another energy - the internal energy. By the internal energy the spiritual world is being manifested. As the material world is manipulated under the external energy, the spiritual world is conducted by the internal potency.

                       Although Radha and Krishna are one in Their identity, They separated Themselves eternally". Srimati Radharani, as the highest devotee of Sri Krishna, derives the greatest pleasure in serving Him. She is the origin of all the Gopis and of all the Goddesses of Fortune  who are engaged in the service of the Lord.The loving affairs of Sri Radha and Krishna are transcendental manifestations of the Lord's internal pleasure-giving potency.

                      The Hare Krishna maha-mantra is in fact a prayer to Srimati Radharani. The word 'Hare' is derived from 'Hara' which denotes the internal energy or Hladini Sakti of Krishna. This is none other that Srimati Radharani. When one is chanting the maha-mantra, one is saying: "O Krishna ! O Radha !! Please engage me in your devotional service". Krishna is difficult to approach directly, but He is bhakta-vatsala, always eager to please His devotees. Thus the mood of a devotee is to invoke the compassion of Srimati Radharani Who then recommends the devotee to Sri Krishna. Since Krishna is easily pleased by Srimati Radharani, He then readily accepts the devotee in His service.

                      At last I would like to add that WITHOUT RADHARANI KRISHNA  is NOBODY

                      

Little knowledge about SRI RADHA part 1

In veda ther is litttle talk about Sri radharani, but in kaliyuga we know about Radharani because of SRI GOURANGA and 6 GOSWAMIS

                                    Narad Pancharatram states that RADHARANI is the Supreme Personality, beyond whom there is no other. Vrishbhanu’s daughter sri Radha, is the primordial nature, from whom everything came into being.   ‘Ra’ and ‘Dha’ mean, “one who creates, one who preserves, and one in whom creation merges Again it has other meaning such as It is written in holy Bhagvat that this sound has capability to satisfy all human desires, including desire to attain eternal bliss. The following description from ‘Samras Upnishada’ tells that, how the name Radha came into existence.
                                     

                                    The word ‘RADHA’ is enough to destroy the evil effects of sins of many births. The letter ‘R’ stands for destroying sins of innumerable births. The sound ‘A’stands for emancipation from death & vicious cycle of birth & rebirth. The sound ‘DH’ means union with Shri Krishna; again, ‘A’ stands for liberation from all the worldly chains.

                                     Shri Krishna’s half part is Radha, and Radha’s half part is Krishna.  Shri Krishna says, “I have assumed the form of Radha.”  Radha Ji says, “I have assumed the form of Krishna.”  Radha is saying, “The form of Krishna is none other than Myself.”  “When I assumed the male form, people started calling me Shri Krishna.”

                                    It is stated that that the personality whom Shri Krishna worships, is known as Radha.  And the personality whom Radha worships, is known as Krishna.  Both worship eachother.

RADHA KRISHNA are made for eachother

KRIPA OF SRI RADHARANI

Among all the GODS kripa or mercy of Sri Radharani is huge

So we need to pray for her 24 hours mercy upon us, we are all her DASI and she is our PRAN SWAMINI

 Sri Radha kripa kataksha stava raja

Spoken by Lord Shiva to Parvati

Translated by Kushakratha dasa

SLOKA 1

 munindra-vrinda-vandite triloka-shoka-harini
                              prasanna-vaktra-pankaje nikunja-bhu-vilasini
 vrajendra-bhanu-nandini vrajendra-sunu-sangate
                              kada karishyasiha mam kripa-kataksha-bhajanam

TRANSLATION 1

O goddess worshiped by the kings of sages, O goddess who remove the sufferings of the three worlds, O goddess whose face islike a blossoming lotus, O goddess who enjoy pastimes in the forest, O daughter of Vrishabhanu, O companion of Vraja’s prince, when will You cast Your merciful sidelong glance upon me?

SLOKA 2

ashoka-vriksha-vallari-vitana-mandapa-sthite
                              pravala-vala-pallava-prabharunanghri-komale
varabhaya-spurat-kare prabhuta-sampadalaye
                              kada karishyasiha mam kripa-kataksha-bhajanam

TRANSLATION 2

O goddess staying in a vine-cottage by an ashoka tree, O goddess whose delicate feet are as splendid as red blossoms, O goddess whose hand grants fearlessness, O abode of transcendetal opulences, when will You cast Your merciful sidelong glance upon me?

SLOKA 3
ananga-ranga-mangala-prasanga-bhangura-bhruvam
                              sa-vibhramam sa-sambhramam drig-anta-bana-patanaih
nirantaram vashi-krita-pratiti-nandanandane
                              kada karishyasiha mam kripa-kataksha-bhajanam

TRANSLATION 3

O goddess who, playfully shooting the arrows of Your glances from the curved bows of Your auspicious, amorous eyebrows, have completely subdued Nanda’s son [Krishna], when will You cast Your merciful sidelong glance upon me?

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Benefits of continuous chanting of hare krishna part 2

Padma Purana

In the Padma Purana, Shri Sanatkumara replied to Shri Narada in the following verses:

harer apy aparadhan yah, kuryad dvi-pada-pam shalah;
namashrayah kadacit syat, taraty eva sa namatah;
namno ’pi sarva-suhrido, hy aparadhat pataty adhah.
“The lowest of human beings who commit offenses at the lotus feet of Shri Hari will certainly cross the material ocean if they somehow take shelter of the Holy Names of the Lord. However, those who commit offenses against the maha-mantra, the well-wisher of all, will certainly fall down.

bhumau skhalita padanam, bhumir evavalambanam;
tvayi jataparadhanam, tvam eva sharanam prabho.
“If one slips and falls down while walking on the ground, then to get up one has to take support from the ground itself. Similarly the offenses against the Hare Krshna maha-mantra can only be removed by taking continuous shelter of the maha-mantra.
jate namaparadhe tu, pramade vai kathancana;
sada sankirtayen nama, tad eka sharano bhavet.

namaparadha-yuktanam, namany eva haranty agham;
avishranti-prayuktani, tany evartha-karani ca.
“If one is not careful in avoiding the ten offenses while chanting the Hare Krshna maha-mantra, he will never get success in chanting even after many millions of lives. For getting free from the offenses against the maha-mantra, the only way is to take the full shelter of the maha-mantra by chanting constantly. The way to avoid namaparadha (offenses) commited due to negligence is to intensify one’s chanting. By continuous and non-stop chanting, the chanting itself will relieve us from the offenses and then one will very quickly achieve the ultimate goal of chanting i.e. to chant purely in love of God."

Benefits of continuous chanting of hare krishna part 1

For continuous chanting benefits are:-

In the Vishnu Rahasya, Lord Brahma speaks to Narada at the end of the dialogue on masopavasa:

prabhate cardha-ratre ca, madhyahne divasa-kshaye
kirtayanti harim ye vai, te taranti bhavarnava
evam ekantinam prayah, kirtanam smaranam prabhoh
kurvatam parama-pritya, krityam anyan na rocate. 

"A well-to-do householder Vaishnava cannot live like a person in the renounced order who completely takes shelter of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Such a householder should chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra in the morning, at midday and in the evening. Then he will be able to cross beyond nescience. Pure devotees in the renounced order, however, should fully surrender to the lotus feet of Krishna and should constantly chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra with great love and faith, always thinking of Krishna's lotus feet. They should have no occupation other than chanting and remembering the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.”

Shri Chaitanya Charitamrta

In Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya-lila 20.18, Lord Chaitanya declares:

khaite shuite yatha tatha nama laya;
kala-desha-niyama nahi, sarva siddhi haya.

“Regardless of time or place or any rules and regulations, one who chants the Hare Krshna maha-mantra continuously, even while eating or sleeping, attains all perfection.”

In Shri Chaitanya-caritamrita Antya-lila 3.137, Namacarya Haridasa Thakura instructs the converted prostitute:

nirantara nama lao, kara tulasi sevana;
acirat pabe tabe krishnera carana.

“Chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra continuously and render service to the tulasi plant by watering her and offering prayers to her. In this way you will very soon get the opportunity to be sheltered at the lotus feet of Krishna.”

In Shri Chaitanya-caritamrita Antya-lila 6.223,226), Lord Chaitanya states:

vairagi karibe sada nama-sankirtana;
magiya khana kare jivana rakshana.

“A person in the renounced order should always chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. He should beg some alms to eat, and he should sustain his life in this way.”

vairagira kritya-sada nama-sankirtana;
shaka-patra-phala-mule udara-bharana.

“The duty of a person in the renounced order is to chant the Hare Krshna maha-mantra always. He should satisfy his belly with whatever vegetables, leaves, fruits and roots are available.”

ONE MUST STRICTLY CHANT 24 HOURS DAILY

In Shri Chaitanya-caritamrita Madhya-lila 22.113, the following verse from the Padma Purana is quoted: