Hare Krishna. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva.
All glories to His Divine Grace Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
Please accept my humble obeisances. Hope this finds you well.
Sridham Navadwip is not the place where Sriman Mahaprabhu displayed His Radha Bhava. Radha Bhava is displayed after taking sannyas and when He came to Puri. In front of Lord Jagannath only, that mood intensified.
All the Manjari and Gopi associates came to Sriman Mahaprabhu after coming to Puri; Sri Swarup Damodhar, Sri Ramananda Raya, Sri Rupa, Sri Sanatan, Sri Raghunath das Goswami, etc.
The Lord's Vipralambha mood was displayed in Puri. Chant and Cry is in Puri, and Chant and be happy is in Navadwip, the sambhoga (union) kshetra.
In Navadwip there is jnana (knowledge) and aishwarya (opulence), and there is prema (transcendental love) starting from dasya (servant), sakhya (friendship) and vatsalya (parental). There is no madhurya (paramour) rasa like Sri Vrindavan; the other three rasas were there just like Vrindavan but in terms of madhurya it was similar to Dwarka, with lawful, wedded wives.
Dasya, sakhya and vatsalya moods in Navadwip are all sambhoga mood and conjugal was in svakiya (wedded) rasa with Sri Laksmi Priya and Sri Vishnu Priya in Dwarka mood…until Sriman Mahaprabhu took sannyas and then He plunged Mother Vishnu Priya into vipralambha mood, also. Sri Vishnu Priya is considered a manifestation of Srimate Satyabhama, Who in turn is Srimate Radhika.
In Puri, however, madhurya (conjugal) is in vipralambha (separation) mood, not sambhoga (union) mood. Sriman Mahaprabhu gave madhurya rasa only in Puri because that is where He displayed His Madhurya Vipralambha mood, in Navadwipa dham He didn't display that mood; then why would He be giving that when He is not displaying that. That is why all the other Gopi bhava mood devotees showed up in Puri, not in Navadwipa.
Srila Narottama Das Thakura sings in His Gaurangera Duti Pada song, that
sri-gauda-mandala-bhumi,
jeba jane cintamani,
tara hoy braja-bhume bas
So, wherever Sri Krishna is, that is Vrindaban and wherever Mahaprabhu is, that is Gauda Mandala Bhumi, and during the time He is in Puri, in Vrindavan vipralambha bhava, it means He is simultaneously in Vrindaban because of that Vrindaban vipralambha mood.
His Divine Grace Srila Gurudeva is carrying Sriman Mahaprabhu (sannyas) of Puri in His Divine Heart, not the Nimai Pandit of Nadiya mood, so based on this mood, Srila Gurudeva's mood is also vipralambha mood of Sri Vrindaban dham.
Anyone who has been blessed with even a speck of good fortune has seen this mood floating in His tear-filled lotus eyes, hears it in His trembling voice, feels it through His Divine Words, Personality and Form.
His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada promoted Nimai Pandita of Navadwipa dham and Srila Prabhupada's pastimes coincide with Navadwipa lila. In ISKCON Temples, only grahastha-mood Sriman Mahaprabhu is being worshipped, because in this mood Hari Nama Sankirtan is sufficient to please Him.
However, sannyas mood of Sriman Mahaprabhu is very, very strict, Chota Haridas story comes to mind, so how is it is possible for anyone to worship Him in that mood? Who among us wants to cry all the time like Sriman Mahaprabhu?
At least, we must have a glance at the unfathomable glories of Srila Gurudeva's divine mood and appreciate why He is where He is, a bit about why He opened His Crying School where He did (Jaya Jagannatha!) and not concoct nor promote anything appasiddhanta (against tattva, truth).
All glories to the divine lotus feet of Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva.
All glories to the divine lotus feet of Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to all the Vaisnava devotees of the Lord.
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Wonderful !! Gauraharibol !
Smt. Rasa Manjari DD, ACBSP, speaks on Gour Govinda Swami's departure pastimes, etc 2013, April