66 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

You are Krgna’s beloved. We offer our respectful
obeisances unto You.” Radharani is very dear to
Krsna, and if we approach Krsna through the mercy
of Radharani, we can easily attain Him. If Radharani
recommends a devotee, Krsna immediately accepts
him, however foolish he may be. Consequently in
Vrndavana we find that devotees chant Radharani’s
name more often than Krsna’s. Wherever we go in
India we will find devotees calling, “Jaya Radhe.”
We should be more interested in worshiping
Radharani, for however fallen we may be, if some-
how or other we can please Her, we can very easily
understand Krsna. If we try to understand Krsna by
the speculative process, we will have to spend many
lifetimes of speculation; but if we take to devotional
service and just try to please Radharani, then Krsna
can be very easily realized. Radharani is such a great
devotee that She can deliver Krsna.

Even Krsna cannot understand Radharani’s quali-
ties. He fails to understand Her because She is so
great. In order to understand Radharani, Krsna
actually accepted Her position. Krsna thought, ‘“‘Al-
though I am full and complete in every respect, I
still don’t understand Radharani. Why is that?”’ This
obliged Krsna to accept the propensities of Radharani,
and this accounts for His manifestation as Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna
Himself, but He is Krsna accepting the propensities
of Radharani. Radharani is always feeling separation
from Krsna, and similarly, in the position of
Radharani. Lord Caitanya was always feeling that
separation. Furthermore, those who follow the
