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Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s Unlimited Transcendental Qualities
“ ‘Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s twenty-five chief transcendental qualities are: (1) She is very sweet. (2) She is always freshly youthful. (3) Her eyes are restless. (4) She smiles brightly. (5) She has beautiful, auspicious lines. (6) She makes Kṛṣṇa happy with Her bodily aroma. (7) She is very expert in singing. (8) Her speech is charming. (9) She is very expert in joking and speaking pleasantly. (10) She is very humble and meek. (11) She is always full of mercy. (12) She is cunning. (13) She is expert in executing Her duties. (14) She is shy. (15) She is always respectful. (16) She is always calm. (17) She is always grave. (18) She is expert in enjoying life. (19) She is situated at the topmost level of ecstatic love. (20) She is the reservoir of loving affairs in Gokula. (21) She is the most famous of submissive devotees. (22) She is very affectionate to elderly people. (23) She is very submissive to the love of Her friends. (24) She is the chief gopī. (25) She always keeps Kṛṣṇa under Her control. In short, She possesses unlimited transcendental qualities, just as Lord Kṛṣṇa does.’
What the purport teaches
- Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is very sweet, always freshly youthful, and expert in singing. Her speech is charming, and She smiles brightly.
- She is very humble and meek, always full of mercy, and always respectful. She is affectionate to elderly people and very submissive to the love of Her friends.
- She is the chief gopī, situated at the topmost level of ecstatic love, and always keeps Kṛṣṇa under Her control. These twenty-five chief qualities are a brief account of Her unlimited transcendental qualities.
Try this today
Read the list slowly today and pause to remember one of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s qualities.
Ask yourself
Which of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s qualities especially draws your attention, and why?
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.