262 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

in full. Therefore, Brahman realization is not complete understanding of the
Supreme Lord, not recognition of eternity, bliss, and knowledge. When we
speak of the Supersoul, that is also not a full realization of the Supreme Per-
sonality of God; we understand the Supreme Lord by His All-Pervading
Nature as a partial representation of His opulence. In our transcendental rela-
tionship also, one who is a devotee of Narayan in Vaikuntha, cannot realize
the nature of the relationship with Krishna in Goloka Vrindaban. Nor do
devotees of Krishna relish the devotional service to Narayan, because devo-
tional service to Krishna is so attractive that such devotees do not desire to
worship other forms.

Again, the Gopis of Vrindaban do not like to see Krishna as the Husband
of Rukmini, neither do they address Him as Rukminiraman. In Vrindaban,
Krishna is addressed as Radha-Krishna, or Krishna the Property of Radharani.
In the ordinary sense, although the Husband of Rukmini and Radha’s Krishna
are on the same level, still in the Spiritual World the Names are different
understandings of different aspects of this Transcendental Personality. If some-
body equalized Rukminiraman and Radharaman and Narayan and any other
Name of the Supreme Lord as all on the same level, there is the fault of over-
lapping tastes, which is techically called Rasabhasa. Those who are expert
devotees do not accept such amalgamation of different conceptions and aspects
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is against the conclusion of pure
devotional service. But when the conceptions are scrutinizingly discriminated,
many less intelligent men understand such discrimination as bigotry.

Although Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is Superexcel-
lence and beauty, still, when He is amongst the damsels of Vraja, He is known
as Gopijanaballabh; then He becomes the highest perfectional stage for devotees.
The devotees cannot relish the beauty of the Supreme Lord more than this.
In the Srimad Bhagwatam it is confirmed, in the Tenth Canto, 33rd Chapter,
that although Krishna the Son of Devaki is Superexcellence and the last word
of beauty, still, when He is amongst the Gopis, it appears that He is a sublime
Jewel set amongst divine golden craftsmanship.

Lord Chaitanya accepted this statement of the highest realization of the
Supreme Lord as conjugal lover. Still, He requested Ramananda Roy to
advance further.

At this request, Ramananda Roy remarked that this was the first time that
he was requested to go still further than the Gopis in the matter of understand-
ing Krishna. It has been described that there is certainly a transcendental
intimacy between the damsels of Vraja and Krishna, but out of all the Gopis
