Serving the Supreme Love Affair

The most popular subject matter in this world is the love between a man and woman. Everyone is attracted by a good love song or love story. The Beatles became rich and famous by expertly catering to this attraction. From where do we get this tendency? 

Since God is the origin of everything, we can reason that this male/female attraction must also be there in God. And by studying the authoritative Vedic literatures we discover that this is indeed a fact. The original boy/girl relationship is between Lord Sri Krishna and Srimati Radharani. In this connection the great Vaisnava acharya, Srila Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur, describes that adi-rasa, the original taste, is the love between a man and a woman and that this adi-rasa originates in Krishna.

Back in 1968 I was a 21-year-old college student living in Denver, Colorado seriously seeking spiritual enlightenment. I had been misguided and frustrated by so many bogus so-called teachers, thinkers, and gurus. But when Bob Dylan wrote that there must some kind of way to get out of this place of confusion and no relief, I was convinced that it must be true. Therefore I was searching, searching, searching for the ultimate answer. Then one day I discovered and purchased a poster of with this image of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna:

Sri Sri Radha and Krishna

I had read in the Bhagavad-gita that Krishna would personally accept vegetarian foodstuffs that were offered to Him with love. So I took this poster home and made an altar placing this beautiful painting in the center of it. Then whatever I ate I would first offer it to Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, and I would in great ecstasy chant Hare Krishna sitting meditatively in front of this sublimely beautiful couple.

What impressed me the most about this extraordinary depiction of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna was the tender, affectionate, worshipful way that Radharani was meditating through her eyes on her darling boyfriend. How sweet, how wonderful, how pure is the love expressed in the lotus eyes of this innocent young girl for her beloved Sri Krishna! My fascination with how wonderful is this love of Radha for Krishna eventually led me to lotus feet of the greatest spiritual master in the history of the universe, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who has mercifully saved me from the ocean of birth and death.

In the material world the highest taste is adi-rasa, the love affair between a man and a woman. But even higher still is to serve the love affair between the original lovers, Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. This is exemplified by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Who although Krishna Himself, adopts the position of being Krishna's devotee. He thus exponentially expands His unlimited pleasure of being the Supreme Person by becoming a servant of the Supreme Person. We too can taste this inconceivably unlimited happiness through following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by fully surrendering ourselves as the servants of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Why a Peacock Feather?...

Why does Sri Krishna have a peacock feather on his head ?

Sunita

Answer: Krishna Likes It...

Krishna wears a peacock feather on His head because He likes it. His wearing a peacock feather is described as follows in the Brahma Samhita:

venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam-
barhavatamsam asitambuda-sundarangam
kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals with head decked with peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids." Brahma-samhita 5.30

"Barhavatamsam" means "with a peacock feather on his head."

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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