11 March 2025 afternoon – The Gopis’ Mood of Separation (English translation) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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A beautiful description of Krsna returning from herding, covered in dust.
Radharani’s tears become enemies, as they disturb Her vision of Krsna.
All of Bhagavan’s avataras are upright, but Krsna is crooked.
The gopis’ hearts are caught by Krsna’s crooked form, like a hook that sticks and never comes out.
About the gopis’ insults: this is the characteristic language of the vrajavasis.
Story of a king who knew several languages, and the minister’s provocation to reveal the original language.
The gopis insult Brahma, saying that he is stupid.
The vision of Krsna once is never forgotten.
The gopis never think that Krsna is God.
The vrajavasis see Krsna as a member of the family.
How the first bhava arises.
Verse from the Gopi Gita, where the gopis tell Brahma about the qualities of Krsna that make the cows intoxicated, the deer, and all the animals go crazy in ecstasy.
Sukadeva Gosvami explains that the birds of Vrndavana are eager to see Krsna.
Gurudeva relates that a pure devotee, upon seeing a small plant, immediately thinks that it is Vrndavana, a small river is the Yamuna, a tree or a small mountain is Giriraja Govardana.
Srimati Radhika herself prays to Brahma ji, wishing to be born as an animal, a deer, so that in this way there will be no obstacle to seeing the beautiful form of Krsna.
The mood of maan is like a mountain that can be covered by the ocean.
In this material world what is seen is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world.
Everything in the spiritual world is for the service of Krsna, just as the anger (mood of maan) of the gopis is for the happiness of Krsna.
We should memorize the 6 symptoms of Mahabhava: brahmāṇḍa-kṣobha-kāritā; kṣaṇa-kalpatā or kṣanardhe-kalpatā; kalpa-kṣaṇatva or kalpate-kanardha; āsana-janatā-hṛta-bilolam; tīrtha-yoni-prāpti-lālasā; ātma-bīsmaram.
