Knowing Krṣṇa's Energies
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ours. We have to try to understand what kind of enjoyment Krṣṇa likes. Everyone knows that God is great, and we can conclude from this that His enjoyment is great also. In this regard, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī has written a verse which says that although the loving affairs of Rādhā and Krṣṇa may appear like ordinary material affairs, this is not actually the case. Rādhārāṇī is the pleasure potency of Krṣṇa. In the  Vedānta-sūtra  the Absolute Truth is said to be always enjoying the pleasure potency. When we want pleasure, we cannot have it alone. We feel pleasure in the company of friends or family. I may speak in a room alone, but if I speak in a room before other people, the pleasure is increased. Pleasure means that there must be others, and therefore Krṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, who is always engaged in enjoying Himself, has become many.
We are Krṣṇa's parts and parcels and have been created to give pleasure to Krṣṇa. The chief pleasure potency is Rādhārāṇī, and so Rādhā-Krṣṇa are always together. Whereas the material energy is conducted by the external potency, Māyā, the spiritual world is conducted by the internal potency, Rādhārāṇī. We often pray to Rādhārāṇī because She is the pleasure potency of Krṣṇa. The very word "Krṣṇa" means all-attractive, but Rādhārāṇī is so great that She attracts Krṣṇa. If Krṣṇa is always attractive to everyone, and Rādhārāṇī is attractive to Krṣṇa, how can we imagine the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī? We should try humbly to understand and offer Her our obeisances, saying, "Rādhārāṇī, You are so dear to Krṣṇa. You are the daughter of King Vrṣabhānu, and