"Floating in the Oceanof Radha-Prema"
From the
*Embankment of Separation*
"Gopaljiu Publications"by
Mahā-bhāgavata Siromani Gour Govinda Swami Mahārāja"...In a very sweet voice, Krishna says, “Radhe, where is viraha? Where is separation? There is no separation, Radhe. In tattva there is no separation at all. I am always with You in Vrajabhumi. This viraha is the topmost platform in prema, loving affairs. If there had not been viraha then this prema would have met an untimely death, akala mrtyu. Therefore viraha keeps the prema alive.
“Radhe, Your love for Me is like a very deep ocean. In order to reach such an ocean and to drown in that deep ocean I have assumed this form, Jagannath. In this form I will stay eternally in Sri Kshetra.”
This is Jagannath-vigraha, radha-viraha-vidhura, Krishna feeling intense separation from Radha. In the form of a log of wood, He is floating in the ocean of Rādhā-bhāva which is in the heart of Radharani.
“And when I appear again as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, assuming Your sentiment and complexion, I will also stay in Jagannath Puri Dham.”
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is krsna-viraha-vidhura, and Jagannath is radha-viraha-vidhura. Two crying forms in Jagannath Puri — Chaitanya Mahāprabhu is in the mood of Rādhārāni, crying for Krishna, and Jagannath is Krishna crying for Rādhā.
Then Krishna told Rādhā, “My brother Balaram and My sister Subhadra helped Me to come to Vrajabhumi so that We could be united. Therefore I will also take them with Me in the forms They assumed upon coming to Vrajabhumi. In these forms, We three shall stay eternally in Nilacala, Jagannath Puri Dham.”
Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra are three logs of wood just floating in the ocean of radha-prema, nothing else. This is tattva..."
"Bhubaneswar"MBS. Gour Govinda Swami
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