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The Transcendental Pastimes of
Radha and Krishna

When Lord Chaitanya said that that was accepted, and that he might
advance further, Ramananda Roy said that fraternal relationship with Lord
Krishna is a still higher transcendental position. Ramananda Roy’s purport
in saying this is that, when the relationship with Krishna is increased by a
more affectionate tendency, then the mood of fearfulness, the consciousness
of the extra-superiority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, becomes
diminished; and there is the development of a mood of faithfulness. And this
faithfulness is called friendship. In this friendly relationship, there is a sense
of equality between Lord Krishna and His friends.

In this connection, Ramananda Roy quoted a nice verse from Srimad
Bhagwatam, Tenth Canto, 12th Chapter, where Sukdeva Goswami describes
Lord Krishna’s lunch with His friends in the forest where they went to play
with the cows. It is said there that the cowherds boys who went to play in the
forest with Krishna enjoyed transcendental friendship with the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Who is considered the Impersonal Brahman by great

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