When we talk about Radha, we always put Her first, and then Krishna.
We say “Radhe Krishna, Radhe
Shyam, because She is the Shakti of Krishna. She is
the One who gives power to Krishna.
One could say that Krishna is God, so why does He need power? But Love - which is Krishna, which is God - is useless without devotion. So in this form, in the form
of Radha, He manifests Himself as Bhakti, which is pure devotion.
What is this pure devotion? We all have devotion: we pray, we do our work every
day and this is,
also, called devotion, but pure devotion is complete
surrender. This pure devotion, which Radha had for Krishna,
even though She was separated from Krishna,
even though She was separated from the Oneness – it was just to teach us what it is to
surrender. Actually, Radha represents all of us: the creation, the
manifestation. She symbolizes the Love, the example. She symbolizes the
Bhav, the complete surrender to the Will of God. It’s not about
her own will, but the Will of God, the Will of Krishna.
That’s why it is said that She is the only true Devotee and we all have to become
like Her. The manifestation of the Lord Himself into Radharani
is to show us how to love unconditionally, how to have such faith
that even a storm will not uproot you.
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