Taking to Krsna Consciousness 83

to be cheated, Krsna will send us a cheater, and we
will be cheated throughout our lives. That is actually
going on. For those who do not want to understand
Krsna as He is but want to understand by dint of
their own imperfect vision, Krsna, God, remains
unknown.

The whole process is to accept Krsna and His
instructions and therefore to render devotional ser-
vice unto Him. It is Srimati Radharani who is the
very embodiment of perfect devotional service. In
the Brahma-samhita Radharani is described as Krsna’s
expansion of His spiritual potency. In this way, She
is nondifferent from Krsna. The gopis, who tend
Radha and Krsna, are not ordinary women or girls;
they are expansions of Krsna’s pleasure potency.
Radharani and the gopis should never be accepted as
ordinary women; indeed, to understand their position
we need the guidance of a spiritual master. If we
living entities want to actually associate with
Radharani, that may be possible, although She is not
an ordinary woman. We can become associates of
Radharani by qualifying ourselves in advanced
devotional service.

In devotional service there is no frustration; even
if we perform only a small amount, it will grow.
Devotional service is never lost. As far as material
things are concerned, whatever we gain in the world
will be lost when the body is finished. But since we
are eternal spiritual sparks, our spiritual assets go
with us, gradually fructifying. In this way those who
have previously cultivated transcendental conscious-
ness come in contact with Krsna consciousness
