02/05/24 morning – Questions and Answers (English) – Germany| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Krsna is brhad-caitanya (immense) and Jiva is anu-caitanya (diminutive).
The power of the jivas is equal to that of Krsna, but it is small.
Just as there is fire in wood, which can only be seen when the great fire touches it, the jiva needs to practice devotional service to awaken its potency.
Sat and cite are present in Radha but ananda is in greater proportion.
Meaning of prana-pratistha (deity installation), but, separating the words, prana is “vital air”, and pratista is “fame or reputation”.
The meaning of words must be understood according to the circumstance and instruction.
About sambhandatmika and kamatmika, depending on the mood of service, one of the two will be prominent.
Parakiya: “para” means “the best”, therefore, parakiya-rasa does not exist in this material world, only in Vraja, in the heart of the vraja-gopis.
About the five rasas and their qualities.
Nistha, seva-vrtti, mamata and the rasas (sweetnesses) are within srngara-rasa (Madhurya-rasa).
The tat-tad-bhava-icchamayi of the manjaris who never meet Krsna separately.
The sambhoga-mayi of the gopis who meet Krsna separately. -Lila das gopis arguing with Krishna and defeating his arguments.
The four feelings (bhavas) existing in the parakiya mood of the gopis: Nivaranata, Durlabhata, Pracchana-kamakata, Vamyata.
