13 Oct 2023 morning – The Two Types of Gopis (Hindi) – 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.