12 Mar 2025 (room, 16:55h) – It All Depends on the Mood of the Devotee (English translation) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • On Samudra Sena (briefly).
  • Krishna giving darshana according to a devotee’s wish.
  • How Hanuman in the Ramayana saw all the flowers red because of his anger at Ravana, when in fact they were of different colours, as described by Valmiki.
  • The mood of Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, the mood of Krishna’s friends and Chanura and Mushtika.
  • Siddha-svarupa is embedded in the jiva.
  • Uddhava is amazed at the bhava of the gopis.
  • If you do not feel separation, you are not doing bhajana.
  • Mahaprabhu’s tears of separation were like a fountain.
  • Ashta-sattvika (8 symptoms of prema) is fully manifested only in Srimati Radhika.
  • Verse: smara-garala-khaṇḍanaṁ…(Gita-govinda).
  • When a woman is angry, she destroys everything.
  • Krishna is forever indebted to the gopis for surrendering to Him.
  • The beauty of Srimati Radhika’s hair.
  • Nowadays women cut their hair, but the scriptures say not to cut it as Lakshmi is in the hair (example of Draupadi’s power in her hair).
  • The village of Kobala (Krishna sees Radha and asks “Who is this beautiful girl?)
  • Radha-kunda is the most glorious and intimate holy place.
  • Bhagavat-arka-marichi-mala is the book by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in which he describes how manjaris always follow Srimati Radhika.
  • Srimati Radhika’s anger towards Krishna was broken after She saw a snake and asked Krishna to protect Her.

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