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ours. We have to try to understand what kind of
enjoyment Krsna likes. Everyone knows that God is
great, and we can conclude from this that His enjoy-
ment is great also. In this regard, Svarupa Damodara
Gosvami has written a verse which says that although
the loving affairs of Radha and Krsna may appear
like ordinary material affairs, this is not actually the
case. Radharani is the pleasure potency of Krsna. In
the Vedanta-sutra 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 Krsna,
the Absolute Truth, who is always engaged in enjoy-
ing Himself, has become many.

We are Krgna’s parts and parcels and have been
created to give pleasure to Krsna. The chief pleasure
potency is Radharani, and so Radha-Krsna are always
together. Whereas the material energy is conducted
by the external potency, Maya, the spiritual world
is conducted by the internal potency, Radharani. We
often pray to Radharani because She is the pleasure
potency of Krsna. The very word “Krsna” means
all-attractive, but Radharani is so great that She
attracts Krsna. If Krsna is always attractive to every-
one, and Radharani is attractive to Krsna, how can
we imagine the position of Srimati Radharani? We
should try humbly to understand and offer Her our
obeisances, saying, ““Radharani, You are so dear to
Krsna. You are the daughter of King Vrsabhanu, and
