Meditations

Srila Bilvamangala Thakura said to Sri Krsna:

gopalangana kardamesu viharam vipradhavare lajjase
bruse go vrsa hunkrtaih stuti satair maunam vidhatse satam
dasyam gokula pumscalisu kuruse svaymam na dantatmasu
jnatam krsna tavagghri pankaja-yugam premaika labhyam muhuh


“O Krsna! You play in the mud on the yards of the cowherders, but You are hesitant to appear on the pure sacrificial altars of the noble brahmanas; You cry out when You hear the mooing of the cows and bulls of Vraja, but when the great sages offer hundreds of reverential prayers to You, You remain silent. You become the servant of the cowherdgirls in Vraja while You don’t even want to be the master of the austere ascetics. O Krsna! Thus I know that Your lotusfeet can only be attained by ecstatic love!”

Kunja-vihari ashtaka from Stavamala, by Rupa Goswami
indranIla-maNi-maJjula-varNaH
phulla-nIpa-kusumAJcita-karNaH |
kRSNalAbhira-kRzorasi hArI
sundaro jayati kuJja-vihArI ||1||

The same lovely color as the sapphire
His ears decorated with blossoming kadamba flowers,
necklaces of gunja berries dangling over his chest--
may the beautiful Krishna be ever-victorious
as he cavorts in the forest bowers of Vrindavan.

Lord Krishna says to Radharani in Brahma Vaivarta Purana
(Krishna Khanda) :

yathA tvaM rAdhikA devI
goloke gokule tathA
vaikuNTeca mahA lakShmIr
bhavatI ca sarasvatI
bhavatI martyalakSmIzca
kSIroda sayina priyA
dharma putra vadhUstvaM ca
sAntir lakSmI svarUpiNi
kapilasya priyA kAntA
bhArate bhAratI satI
dvArAvatyAM mahAlakSmIr
bhavatI rukmiNI satI
tvaM sIta mithilayAM ca
tvacchAyA draupadi satI
rAvaNena hRtA tvaM ca
tvaM ca rAmasya kaminI

O Radhey! Just as You are My Beloved Soul and the Queen of Gokula,
in the same way You manifest as Maha Lakshmi and Sarasvati in Vaikuntha,
and also as Martyalakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu.

You appear as the opulent form of Santi who is the wife of Dharmaputra.
You alone are Bharati Sati, the consort of Kapila Deva.

You manifest in Dvaraka, as Mahalakshmi, Queen Rukmini and Your Shadow Itself takes up the form of Draupadi Sati.

You ALONE appear in Mithila as Sita Devi and become the Beloved of Sri Rama and are abducted by Ravana.

tulasI puNya rUpA ca
gaGgA bhuvana pAvanI
brahma loke ca sAvitrI
kalayA tvaM vasundharA
goloke rAdhikA tvaM ca
sarva gopAlakezvarI

You are Radhika, the eternal Mistress of all Gopis in Goloka.
You are also identified as the origin of Prakriti, and as Savitri in Lord Brahma's abode.

You are worshipped as the Sacred Plant Tulasi and
as ever purifying River of the three worlds, Ganga, and in part as Mother Earth.

Jaya Sri Radhey!