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and under some pretext He wanted to see Krishna and this Pastime was invented by him. There is another nice verse in the  Srimad Bhagwatam , Tenth Canto, 16th Chapter, in which it is stated, "My dear Lord, we cannot estimate how this fallen snake got the opportunity of being kicked by Your Lotus Feet, for which even the Goddess of Fortune underwent austerities for several years—just to see You." This was spoken by the wife of Kaliya, in connection with Kaliya's punishment by Krishna.
How Krishna is attracted by His own beauty is also stated in the  Laleeta Madhav , Eighth Chapter, 20th verse. Krishna, by seeing His own picture, is lamenting, "How nice this picture is, how glorious this picture is. I am also becoming attracted just like Radhika is attracted by this picture." Krishna was attracted as much as Radhika, or Radharani, was when She saw the picture.
Thus, Ramananda Roy explained about the beauty of Krishna in summary.
He again began to speak about the spiritual energy of Krishna, headed by Srimati Radharani. It is said that Krishna has immense expansions of energy, out of which three energies are predominant: one is called internal energy, the second is called external energy, and the third is called marginal energy, or the living entity. This is confirmed in the  Vishnu Purana , 6th Chapter: Vishnu has one energy, which is called spiritual energy, and it is manifested in three ways. When spiritual energy is overwhelmed by ignorance, that is called marginal energy. So far as spiritual energy is concerned—because Krishna is a combination of eternity, bliss, and knowledge, the spiritual energy is also exhibited in three forms. So far as Krishna's bliss and peacefulness are concerned, His spiritual energy is manifested as pleasure-giving potency, His eternity is manifestive energy, and His knowledge is manifested as spiritual perfection. It is confirmed in the  Vishnu Purana , First Canto, 12th Chapter: "The pleasure potency of Krishna can give Krishna transcendental pleasure and bliss." Therefore, when Krishna wants to enjoy pleasure, He exhibits His own spiritual potency, known as Alhadini.
Krishna in His Spiritual From enjoys the spiritual energy, and that is the sum and substance of the Radha Krishna Pastime. These Radha Krishna Pastimes can be understood by elevated devotees only. From the ordinary platform one should not try to understand this Radha Krishna Potency, and their Pastimes. People only misunderstand it as being material.
When the pleasure potency is further condensed, it is called  Mahabhava . Srimati Radharani, the eternal Consort of Krishna is a personification of that Mahabhava. This Mahabhava representation is explained by Rupa Goswami