{"id":102623,"date":"2022-09-29T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T09:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=102623"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:43:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T09:43:52","slug":"samvit-sandhini-and-hladini-the-three-original-energies-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=102623","title":{"rendered":"Samvit, Sandhini and Hladini The Three Original Energies of the Lord\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/1d\/aa\/30\/1daa309ffb09994bf5322bd2da99d643.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">By Stephen Knapp<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         The original form of Lord Krishna is described briefly in the <i>             Laghu-Bhagatamrita<\/i> (Chapter 5, verses 332-342) as the root of all forms of         the Lord, which are endowed with good qualities. \u201cThe Lord appeared in the         mortal world by His internal potency, <i>yoga-maya<\/i>. He came in His eternal         form, which is just suitable for His pastimes. These pastimes were wonderful for         everyone, even for those proud of their own opulence, including the Lord Himself         as the Lord of Vaikuntha [Narayana]. Thus His (Sri Krishna\u2019s) transcendental         body is the ornament of all ornaments.\u201d (332)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cThe word <i>bimbam<\/i> (<i>Srimad-Bhagavatam<\/i> 3.2.11) refers to He who is         the origin of all the Lord\u2019s forms, full of six opulences [like strength,         beauty, fame, fortune, intelligence, and renunciation]. Because He is the abode         of all virtue and handsomeness, it is said that He is the right person to enjoy         wonderful humanlike pastimes.\u201d (335-336)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cIn the verse 332, [the Sanskrit] <i>sva-yoga-maya<\/i> means \u2018the Lord\u2019s         spiritual potency,\u201d <i>balam<\/i> means \u2018power,\u2019 and <i>drshayata<\/i> means         \u2018revealing.\u2019 It is as if the Lord said, \u2018See the wonderful power of My spiritual         potency, even the slightest fragrance of which is not manifest even in the         highest planets of the material world!\u2019 By this potency the Lord reveals His         form, which charms the entire world. That is the meaning of the word <i>             sva-yoga-maya<\/i> here.\u201d (337)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThis form fills even Lord Narayana and the other avataras with great and new         wonder. <i>Saubhaga-riddheh<\/i> means \u2018the highest, most wonderful handsomeness\u2019         and <i>parama padam<\/i> means \u2018He who is the abode of the most exalted eternal         opulence.\u2019. . Here it is said that the Lord\u2019s form has no equal or superior.         Because He is eternal, and full of knowledge and bliss, there is no difference         between the Lord and His form. The idea that they are different is only an         imagination. For the Supreme Lord there is no difference between His body and         His self.\u201d (338-342) <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In this way, we get some idea of the potency of Krishna\u2019s form.         There is never any distinction between Him and His form. They are one, which are         the essential qualities of eternity, knowledge and bliss. It is <i>sat-chid-ananda-vigraha<\/i>,         or the form of eternal knowledge and bliss. Eternal knowledge itself is a form         of the highest happiness and awareness. But when we add that to the quality of         eternity and eternal bliss, such joy is beyond our conception. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         However, we cannot understand eternity with our feeble brain. We have been         conditioned by unlimited lifetimes in the realm of past, present and future and         are unable to understand anything else. We know and can conceive of nothing         else, unless we attain the level of spiritual realization when we can start to         perceive what is beyond our mind and senses. When people say, \u201cWhat was there         before God?\u201d I tell them to first rise to a level in which you can understand         your own eternal nature and then you may just begin to get a glimpse of the         eternity of God, or even the realm where everything is eternal. It is completely         opposite of everything to which we have been accustomed. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         Here in the above verses, it has been explained that the Lord is one spiritual         energy in three parts, namely eternity, eternal knowledge and eternal bliss.         These are called <i>samvit<\/i>, <i>sandhini <\/i>and<i> hladini.<\/i> As stated in         the <i>Sri Krishna-sandarbha<\/i> (Anuccheda 187, verse 9) by Jiva Goswami, \u201cThat         the Supreme Lord remains always aloof from His potency of ignorance is also         confirmed in the following description of <i>Vishnu Purana<\/i> (1.12.69): \u2018O         Lord, You are the support of everything. The three attributes <i>hladini<\/i>,<i>             sandhini<\/i> and <i>samvit<\/i> exist in You as one spiritual energy. But the         material modes, which cause happiness, misery, and mixtures of the two, do not         exist in You, for You have no material qualities.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         Of course, this is also in reference to describing the three material modes of         goodness, passion and ignorance, which has to do with the other set of three         energies of the Lord, consisting namely of the spiritual energy, the material         energy and the marginal energy called the <i>tatashta-shakti<\/i>, the <i>jiva<\/i>         souls, who are subjected to the three modes while in their conditional state in         this material creation. But the three kinds of internal potency of the Supreme         Lord Krishna are the <i>hladini<\/i> or pleasure or bliss potency, <i>sandhini<\/i>         or the existential potency of eternal existence, and the <i>samvit<\/i> or         all-cognitive knowledge potency. The total exhibition of these potencies is         called <i>vishuddha-sattva<\/i>, and this platform of spiritual variegatedness is         displayed even in the material world when the lord appears here, especially in         His form as Vasudeva, which is the Lord as He is above and beyond all material         influence, such as the modes of material nature. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         From the Supreme Lord, expands all variety of spiritual potencies. The <i>Sri             Caitanya-shikshamrita<\/i> by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur further explains the         nature of the Lord\u2019s energies of <i>samvit<\/i>, <i>sandhini<\/i> and <i>hladini<\/i>,         and how they expand into many forms for different purposes. In the Fifth         Rainfall under The Energies of Bhagavan, it explains, \u201cThe <i>chit<\/i> influence         [or spiritual potency] of this energy manifests the Lord\u2019s self, His form, His         places of pastimes, and all accompanying objects. The <i>jiva-shakti<\/i> of this         energy manifests the infinite number of liberated and conditioned souls,         situated in eternal, spiritual time. The <i>maya-shakti<\/i> of this energy         manifests the infinite number of universes as temporary dwelling places for the         conditioned souls. By the <i>sandhini<\/i> portion of the energy, the spiritual         places, time, and objects are all manifest. By the <i>samvit<\/i> portion of the         energy, knowledge of all relationships is manifest along with all types of         emotions peculiar to the different abodes of the Lord. By the <i>hladini<\/i>         portion of the energy, all the experience of bliss suitable to each abode is         manifest. In other words, God as a real entity is revealed through His energy.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         Srila Prabhupada also explains it this way: \u201cThe absolute Personality of         Godhead, Sri Krishna, is the omnipotent form of transcendental existence,         knowledge and bliss in full. His internal potency is exhibited first as <i>sat<\/i>,         or eternal existence\u2014or, in other words, as the portion that expands the         existence function of the Lord. The same potency while displaying full knowledge         is called <i>chit<\/i>, or <i>samvit<\/i>, which expands the transcendental forms         of the Lord. Finally, the same potency while playing as a pleasure-giving medium         is known as <i>hladini<\/i>, or the transcendental blissful potency. Thus, the         Lord manifests His internal potency in three transcendental divisions.\u201d (<i>Sri             Caitanya-caritamrita<\/i>, Adi-lila, Chapter Four, purport)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         How these energies effect the soul and contribute to its spiritual development         is also described in the <i>Sri Caitanya-shikshamrita<\/i>, in the Fifth Rainfall         under Realization of Svadharma. It says: \u201cThe soul is a knowing spirit and         blissful. This identity and quality are manifest eternally in the pure form in a         pure condition, i.e. within the spiritual realm. In contrast, this identity and         quality become manifest in a perverted form in the material realm. By exercising         logic within the mind or by investigation through the senses of the material         body, the nature of the spirit cannot be known. Only spirit can truly know         spirit. [The mind itself cannot understand it, which is why we have to attain a         level of realization beyond the mind and senses.] Spirit is a particular         combination of conscious elements, and by this combination, the soul\u2019s spiritual         body, the Lord\u2019s abode, and the Lord\u2019s form are manifest. When the <i>             iccha-shakti<\/i> conjoins with this spiritual body, bliss, which is the nature         of spiritual objects, becomes manifest. From the <i>sandhini-shakti<\/i> arises         the spiritual body, from the <i>samvit-shakti<\/i> arises knowledge and will, and         from the <i>hladini-shakti<\/i> comes bliss. When these three energies combine in         the soul, the soul manifests completely. The soul\u2019s body is a particle of spirit         of the <i>sandhini-shakti<\/i>, the soul\u2019s will is a particle of <i>samvit-shakti<\/i>,         and the soul\u2019s bliss is a very small portion of the <i>hladini-shakti<\/i>. This         is the true identity of the soul, or his <i>dharma<\/i>. If the consciousness of         the soul manifests ecstasy through the <i>hladini-shakti<\/i>, the soul has         attained the state of <i>rati<\/i>.\u201d <i>Rati<\/i> also means <i>bhava<\/i>, or the         seedling of <i>prema<\/i>, which is the manifestation of complete and ecstatic         love for Lord Krishna. This is the highest level of spiritual maturity for which         the soul is meant to attain, which also leads to the foremost levels of         happiness and bliss. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <b><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             HOW THE SOUL CONTRIBUTES TO LORD KRISHNA\u2019S HAPPINESS<\/span><\/b> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         The <i>Sri Bhakti-sandarbha<\/i> by Srila Jiva Gosvami in Anuccheda 142 explains         that the Lord is the embodiment of supreme bliss, and He has a potency known as         <i>hladini<\/i>, the pleasure or delight-giving potency, which is part of His <i>             svarupa-shakti<\/i>, the potency which contributes to His eternal form. It is         this <i>hladini<\/i> potency that gives bliss to the Lord and His devotees. It is         like the light that emanates from a bright object and illuminates itself and         other objects around it. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         Bhakti or loving devotion is the supreme aspect of this internal potency known         as <i>hladini<\/i>. The Lord remains eternally situated in His fullness while         transmitting this potency of bhakti to His own devotees. Then by contact with         His own bliss-giving potency in the form of bhakti, situated in His devotees, He         experiences still greater or ever-increasing delight. Thus, although the Lord is         the personification of love, He is pleased by loving devotion. This is indicated         in this statement by Sri Suka:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cWhen the Lord, the source of all beings, is pleased, all living beings         including the devas, human beings, animals, plants, and grass, all the way up to         Brahma are immediately pleased. The same blissful Lord was Himself pleased in         the sacrifice of King Gaya.\u201d (<i>Bhag<\/i>. 5.15.13)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         In this way, even though the Lord is fully satisfied in Himself by His own         potencies, He nonetheless becomes more pleased by the bhakti or devotion shown         to Him by His devotees. Thus, as further explained in Anuccheda 143, it is         through bhakti that the Lord\u2019s inherent bliss becomes magnified. Even by what         may seem to be insignificant actions, if they are filled with love, the Lord         becomes even more pleased and blissful. This is how the process of bhakti not         only connects the devotee to this <i>hladini-shakti<\/i>, but also increases the         Lord\u2019s own loving relation to the devotees. This is the foundation of the         ever-increasing reciprocal joy and bliss between the Lord and His loving         devotees. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         How the Lord is pleased by such simple things as eulogy or simple prayers is         demonstrated by the example of parents delighting in the broken speech of their         children. But whereas ordinary people can experience this type of satisfaction         primarily in regard to their own children, the Lord\u2019s delight is extraordinary         in that He experiences this feeling towards all living beings. This is why Lord         Krishna is called the God of love. This is expressed by the fact that He is         known as <i>sarva-suhridam<\/i>, \u201cthe friend of everyone.\u201d The symptom of His         being the friend of everyone is that He is the guardian of everyone. Every         living being is a part and parcel of Lord Krishna, which will never change, and         the awareness of which only needs to be awakened. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         In this way, although the Lord is absorbed in relishing the bliss within His own         Self, and although His desires are fully satiated, He still experiences this         type of love towards those who feel themselves to be related to Him through         love. This occurs in the same way that a parent\u2019s love is aroused for his or her         children by their affectionate behavior.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         This is how bhakti-yoga can increase one\u2019s internal and spiritual happiness,         bringing one closer to being in touch with the <i>hladini-shakti<\/i>, which also         increases the Lord\u2019s happiness by such loving sentiments. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <b><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE HLADINI-SHAKTI<\/span><\/b> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         Though the Lord\u2019s energies are one and make up the composition of His <i>             svarupa-shakti<\/i>, or His complete eternal form, the <i>hladini-shakti<\/i>         separates for the enhanced and intensification of the Lord\u2019s bliss-producing         pastimes. This is especially outlined and described in the <i>Sri             Caitanya-caritamrita<\/i>, Adi-lila, Chapter Four, starting with verse 55. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         Although Lord Sri Krishna is complete in His form composed of the <i>samvit<\/i>,         <i>sandhini<\/i> and <i>hladini<\/i> energies, and needs nothing else, the <i>             hladini<\/i> energy separates and becomes personified as Srimati Radharani. In         this way, Radharani is always hankering to unite with Krishna, and Krishna is         always hankering to unite with Radharani. This is because together, as Radha and         Krishna, They make up the complete whole of the Absolute Truth, and combination         of <i>hladini<\/i>, <i>samvit<\/i> and <i>sandhini<\/i>. And in this way, They         exhibit the highest levels of spiritual loving exchanges and pastimes. Not only         do the two of Them engage in such loving relations, but this arrangement allows         the many millions of other devotees who have similar sentiments to also become a         part of these loving affairs, and engage in the loving service of Sri Sri Radha         and Krishna. This is the extraordinary transcendental arrangement that can be         found in the spiritual realm. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cThe loving affairs of Sri Radha and Krishna are transcendental manifestations         of the Lord\u2019s internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Radha and Krishna are         one in Their identity, They separated Themselves eternally. Now these two         transcendental identities have again united in the form of Sri Krishna Caitanya.         I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion         of Srimati Radharani although He is Krishna Himself.\u201d (verse 55)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cRadha and Krishna are one and the same, but They have assumed two bodies. Thus         They enjoy each other, tasting the mellows of love.\u201d (56) And this allows the         innumerable devotees to witness and participate in Their extraordinary loving         pastimes. In the living being\u2019s eternal search for happiness, there is nothing         greater than this. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cNow, to enjoy <i>rasa<\/i> [the nectar of loving relations], They have appeared         in one body as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.\u201d (57) In this way, one of the internal         reasons why Lord Caitanya appeared as He did in this material world was to         investigate and experience the love and intense bliss that Radharani feels in         Her love for Lord Krishna. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cSrimati Radharani is the transformation of Krishna\u2019s love. She is His internal         energy called <i>hladini<\/i>. That <i>hladini<\/i> energy gives Krishna pleasure         and nourishes His devotees.\u201d (59-60)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cLord Krishna\u2019s body is eternal [<i>sat<\/i>], full of knowledge [<i>chit<\/i>],         and full of bliss [<i>ananda<\/i>]. His one spiritual energy manifests three         forms. <i>Hladini<\/i> is His aspect of bliss; <i>sandhini<\/i> of eternal         existence; and <i>samvit<\/i> of cognizance, which is also accepted as         knowledge.\u201d (59-62)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cThe essential portion of the <i>sandhini<\/i> potency is <i>shuddha-sattva<\/i>         [pure goodness]. Lord Krishna\u2019s existence [and all variegatedness in the         spiritual world] rests upon it [or are manifestations from the <i>sandhini<\/i>         potency]. Krishna\u2019s mother, father, abode, house, bedding, seats and so on are         all transformations of <i>shuddha-sattva<\/i>.\u201d (64-65)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cThe essence of the <i>samvit<\/i> potency is knowledge that the Supreme         Personality of Godhead is Lord Krishna. All other kinds of knowledge, such as         the knowledge of Brahman, are its components. The essence of the <i>hladini<\/i>         potency is love of God, the essence of love of God is emotion [<i>bhava<\/i>],         and the ultimate development of emotion is <i>mahabhava<\/i>.\u201d (67-68)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         In this way, when <i>samvit<\/i> is enlightened by the <i>hladini<\/i> potency,         one can attain knowledge of the Lord. When the <i>hladini-shakti<\/i> emanates or         when one is blessed by it from Lord Krishna and it is bestowed upon the living         being to attract Him, then the living being becomes a pure lover of God. But         when such love is adulterated or mixed by the external material energy, it does         not attract Krishna. But through the practice of bhakti-yoga, under the guidance         of a pure devotee, the living entity can attain the state of <i>mahabhava<\/i> or         <i>prema<\/i>. &nbsp;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cSri Radha Thakurani is the embodiment of <i>mahabhava<\/i>. She is the         repository of all good qualities and the crest jewel among all the lovely         consorts of Lord Krishna [who are expansions of Sri Radha]. Of these two gopis [Radharani         and Candravali], Srimati Radharani is superior in all respects. She is the         embodiment of <i>mahabhava<\/i>, and She surpasses all in good qualities. Her         mind, senses and body are steeped in love for Krishna. She is Krishna\u2019s own         energy, and She helps Him in His pastimes.\u201d (69-71)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cNow please listen to how Lord Krishna\u2019s consorts help Him taste <i>rasa<\/i> and         how they help in His pastimes.\u201d (73)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         Every devotee has a different range of the sentiment of love for the Lord, and         Krishna\u2019s many consorts and devotees all help the Lord taste even the slightest         differences in loving relations, which is the cause of bliss for every devotee,         whether in the mood of servitude, friendship, parental sentiment, or with         conjugal feelings. This is how the many millions of devotees help in the Lord\u2019s         pastimes. They all have something different and unique, to large and small         degrees, to offer the Lord in this way, and the Lord enjoys tasting all levels         of such <i>rasa<\/i> from each and every devotee. Of course, all of Lord         Krishna\u2019s consorts have the deepest range of love to offer Him, which makes them         the most special of all of Krishna\u2019s devotees. They are only interested in His         happiness and pleasure, which happens on a purely spiritual level with not the         slightest carnal desire between them. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cThe beloved consorts of Lord Krishna are of three kinds: the goddesses of         fortune, the queens, and the milkmaids of Vraja, who are the foremost of all.         These consorts all proceed from Radhika. Just as the fountainhead, Lord Krishna,         is the cause of all incarnations [or avataras], so Sri Radha is the cause of all         these consorts. The goddesses of fortune are partial manifestations of Srimati         Radhika, and the queens are reflections of Her image. The goddesses of fortune         are Her plenary portions, and they display the forms of <i>vaibhava-vilasa<\/i>         [expansions of bodily differences]. The queens are of the nature of Her <i>             vaibhava-prakasha<\/i> [expansions of Her pastimes]. The Vraja-devis have diverse         bodily features. They are Her expansions and are the instruments for expanding         <i>rasa<\/i> [the various tastes of emotional exchanges]. Without many consorts,         there is not such exhultation in <i>rasa<\/i>. Therefore, there are many         manifestations of Srimati Radharani to assist in the Lord\u2019s pastimes. Among them         are various groups of consorts in Vraja who have varieties of sentiments and         mellows. They help Lord Krishna taste all the sweetness of the <i>rasa<\/i> dance         and other pastimes.\u201d (75-81) <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         Here we can start to understand that Krishna cannot be pleased with anything of         His inferior material energy. He can only be pleased by what is of His spiritual         energy. And the highest level of His spiritual energy that provides happiness is         in His <i>hladini-shakti<\/i>, especially in the form of Srimati Radharani.         However, this also applies to us, the marginal living beings. When we become         spiritually advanced, we will understand that we hardly have any real happiness         while in this material creation, and any real happiness is connected with the         spiritual energy. That happiness shines forth from the <i>hladini-shakti<\/i>.     <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         In the material creation, the energy of <i>maya-shakti<\/i> makes it appear like         even the illusion has some capacity of infatuation for the soul, but only while         the soul does not know or remains unaware of its true spiritual identity and the         higher spiritual happiness that is available to it. Once this spiritual         awareness awakens, then the soul will not remain content in the illusion of maya         and will earnestly work to attain the spiritual dimension. This is especially         effective through the process of bhakti-yoga, devotional service to the Supreme         Lord, wherein the topmost levels of bhakti, such as in <i>bhava<\/i> and <i>prema<\/i>,         the soul comes in direct contact with Lord Krishna and His pleasure potency of         <i>hladini-shakti<\/i>, especially in the form of Srimati Radharani. Then the         living being\u2019s own loving relations with Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani         become fully awakened in which it feels the highest levels of spiritual         happiness. &nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cRadha is the one who gives pleasure to Govinda, and She is also the enchantress         of Govinda. She is the be-all and end-all of Govinda, and the crest jewel of all         His consorts. (82)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cThe transcendental goddess Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lord         Sri Krishna. She is the central figure of all the goddesses of fortune. She         possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of         Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord.\u201d (83, and from the <i>             Brihad-gautamiya-tantra<\/i>)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cHer [Radha\u2019s] worship [<i>aradhana<\/i>] consists of fulfilling the desires of         Lord Krishna. Therefore, the Puranas call Her Radhika.\u201d (87)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cTherefore, Radha is the <i>parama-devata<\/i>, the supreme goddess, and She is         worshipable for everyone. She is the protectress of all, and She is the mother         of the entire universe\u2026 Radha is the original source of all the goddesses of         fortune. Or \u2018<i>sarva-lakshmi<\/i>\u2019 indicates that She fully represents the six         opulences of Krishna. Therefore She is the supreme energy of Lord Krishna. The         word \u2018<i>sarva-kanti<\/i>\u2019 indicates that all beauty and luster rest in Her body.         All the Lakshmis derive their beauty from Her. \u2018<i>Kanti\u2019<\/i> also means \u2018all         the desires of Lord Krishna.\u2019 All the desires of Lord Krishna rest in Srimati         Radharani. Srimati Radhika fulfills all the desires of Lord Krishna. This is the         meaning of \u2018<i>sarva-kanti<\/i>.\u2019\u201d (89-94)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         \u201cLord Krishna enchants the world, but Sri Radha enchants even Him. Therefore She         is the supreme goddess of all. Sri Radha is the full power, and Lord Krishna is         the possessor of full power. The two are not different, as evidenced by the         revealed scriptures. They are indeed the same, just as musk and its scent are         inseparable, or as fire and its heat are nondifferent. Thus, Radha and Lord         Krishna are one, yet They have taken two forms to enjoy the mellows of         pastimes.\u201d (95-98)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         This is the summary understanding of the energies of <i>samvit<\/i>, <i>sandhini<\/i>         and <i>hladini<\/i> and how they manifest, and effect the soul, and even separate         to display the many aspects of the Supreme Absolute Truth and the eternal loving         pastimes that go on in the spiritual domain. That is why it is the goal of human         life to reawaken ourselves to our real identity as a spiritual being, part and         parcel of the Supreme, and enter into these eternal, spiritual pastimes to taste         the highest levels of love, which lead to the most fulfilling feelings of         happiness. This is all that can completely satisfy the self, which makes it the         ultimate goal of human existence. &nbsp;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">         &nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\"><b>         <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             REFERENCES<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <i><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             Laghu Bhagavatamrita<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">,         by Rupa Goswami, translated by H.H. Bhanu Swami, Sri Vaikuntha Enterprises, 2006<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <i><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             Laghu Bhagavatamrita<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">,         by Rupa Goswami, translated by Kusakratha dasa, Rasbihari Lal &amp; Sons, 2007.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <i><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             Sri Bhakti-sandarbha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">,         by Srila Jiva Gosvami, Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies, Vrindavana, 2005.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <i><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             Sri Caitanya-caritamrita<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">,         by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhaktivedanta Book         Trust, Los Angeles, 1974.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <i><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             Sri Caitanya-shikshamrita<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">,         by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, translated by H.H. Bhanu Swami, edited and         published by Keshidamana dasa, 2004.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in\">     <i><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">             Sri Krishna-sandarbha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\">,         by Srila Jiva Gosvami, translated by Kusakratha Dasa, Rasbihari Lal &amp; Sons,         2006.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/1d\/aa\/30\/1daa309ffb09994bf5322bd2da99d643.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/>By Stephen Knapp &nbsp; The original form of Lord Krishna is described briefly in the Laghu-Bhagatamrita (Chapter 5, verses 332-342) as the root of all forms of the Lord, which are endowed with good qualities. \u201cThe Lord appeared in the mortal world by His internal potency, yoga-maya. 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