13/10/23 morning – The Two Types of Gopis (English translation) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Krsna tells the sadhana-siddha-gopis about the pastime of the man who planted mangoes.
- Krsna savors the condensed prema of the gopis, which He makes manifest and mature through the fire of separation.
- The gopis ask Krsna: “and what do we gain?”, and He responds: “more bliss in separation?”
- Krsna is the personification of rasa. He creates and savors.
- The gopis again ask Krsna: “What do you gain from seeing us suffering?, “the sweetness condensed by separation”.
- Krsna was married in Dvaraka and Mathura, in Vrndavana, was not. The gopis are married. Therefore, Krsna cannot meet them freely.
- In separation, the meeting is savored a hundred times more.
- In parakiya-bhava the mood of annoyance is prominent.
- Krsna savors the prema-madurya of the nitya-siddha-gopis.
- There is general instruction and specific instruction.
- General instruction: chant the holy names in japa mala, do this every day and the taste will come.
- Specific instruction according to the adhikara.
- The gopis abandoned everything to meet Krsna, and they say: “You abandoned us, You deceived us”; as stated in the Gopi Gita.
- The pastime of mangoes refers to the sadhana-siddha-gopis; and the lotus pastime refers to the nitya-siddha-gopis.
- In the same way that the nature of the bumblebee is to go from one flower to another, the same happens with the beloved and the lover.
