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