272 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

and under some pretext He wanted to see Krishna and this Pastime was invented
by him. There is another nice verse in the Srimad Bhagwatam, Tenth Canto,
16th Chapter, in which it is stated, “My dear Lord, we cannot estimate how
this fallen snake got the opportunity of being kicked by Your Lotus Feet,
for which even the Goddess of Fortune underwent austerities for several
years—just to see You.” This was spoken by the wife of Kaliya, in connection
with Kaliya’s punishment by Krishna.

How Krishna is attracted by His own beauty is also stated in the Laleeta
Madhav, Eighth Chapter, 20th verse. Krishna, by seeing His own picture, is
lamenting, “How nice this picture is, how glorious this picture is. I am also
becoming attracted just like Radhika is attracted by this picture.” Krishna
was attracted as much as Radhika, or Radharani, was when She saw the pic-
ture.

Thus, Ramananda Roy explained about the beauty of Krishna in summary.

He again began to speak about the spiritual energy of Krishna, headed
by Srimati Radharani. It is said that Krishna has immense expansions of energy,
out of which three energies are predominant: one is called internal energy,
the second is called external energy, and the third is called marginal energy,
or the living entity. This is confirmed in the Vishnu Purana, 6th Chapter:
Vishnu has one energy, which is called spiritual energy, and it is manifested
in three ways. When spiritual energy is overwhelmed by ignorance, that is
called marginal energy. So far as spiritual energy is concerned—because Krishna
is a combination of eternity, bliss, and knowledge, the spiritual energy is
also exhibited in three forms. So far as Krishna’s bliss and peacefulness are con-
cerned, His spiritual energy is manifested as pleasure-giving potency, His eternity
is manifestive energy, and His knowledge is manifested as spiritual perfection.
It is confirmed in the Vishnu Purana, First Canto, 12th Chapter: “The pleasure
potency of Krishna can give Krishna transcendental pleasure and bliss.” There-
fore, when Krishna wants to enjoy pleasure, He exhibits His own spiritual
potency, known as Alhadini.

Krishna in His Spiritual From enjoys the spiritual energy, and that is the
sum and substance of the Radha Krishna Pastime. These Radha Krishna Pas-
times can be understood by elevated devotees only. From the ordinary platform
one should not try to understand this Radha Krishna Potency, and their Pas-
times. People only misunderstand it as being material.

When the pleasure potency is further condensed, it is called Mahabhava.
Srimati Radharani, the eternal Consort of Krishna is a personification of that
Mahabhava. This Mahabhava representation is explained by Rupa Goswami
