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Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī Attracts the All-Attractive Lord

“ ‘The transcendental goddess Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the direct counterpart of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attraction to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord.’

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 23.68, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The transcendental goddess Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the direct counterpart of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
  • She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attraction to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead.
  • She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord.

Try this today

Read the translation slowly and reflect for a moment on Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as the Lord’s primeval internal potency.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention in the description of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as attracting the all-attractive Lord?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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