Jaya Radha-Madhava
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
(jaya) radha-madhava (jaya) kunja-vihari
(jaya) gopi-jana-vallabha (jaya) giri-vara-dhari
(jaya) jasoda-nandana (jaya) braja-jana-ranjana
(jaya) jamuna-tira-vana-cari
Krsna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrndavana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, the holder of the great hill named Govardhana, the beloved son of mother Yasoda, the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and he wanders in the forests along the banks of the
River Yamuna.
Translated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Jaya Radha Madhava sung by Srila Prabhupada [Click to play. Right-click to "Save Target" for MP3 Audio file]
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Purport to Jaya Radha Madhava
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
New York, July 20, 1971
[Sings Jaya Radha-Madhava.]
Srila Prabhupada: So this is the original nature of Krsna, original
nature of Krsna. He is Radha-Madhava. He is the lover of Srimati Radharani. And
kunja-vihari, always enjoying the company of the gopis within the bushes of
Vrdavana forest. Radha-madhava kunja-vihari. So He's not only lover of
Radharani, but braja-jana-vallabha. The whole residents of Vrndavana, they love
Krsna. They do not know anything else. They do not know whether Krsna is God, or
not; neither they are very much harassed, that "I shall love Krsna if He is
God." "He may be God or He may be whatever He is. It doesn't matter, but we love
God, Krsna." That's all. That is called unnalloyed love. "If Krsna is God, then
I shall love Him" -- this is conditional love. This is not pure love. Krsna may
be God or whatever He may be, but by His wonderful acts, the Vrajavasi, they are
thinking, "Oh Krsna, He is very wonderful child, maybe some demigod. Maybe some
demigod." Because people are generally under impression that the demigods are
all-powerful.
They're powerful within this material world. But they do not know that Krsna
is above all of them. Isvarah paramah krsnah sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah [Bs. 5.1].
The highest demigod, Brahma, is giving his opinion, "The supreme controller is
Krsna."
So as the residents of Vrndavana, they love Krsna without any condition,
similarly, Krsna also loves them without any condition. Vraja-jana-vallabha
giri-vara-dhari. When the inhabitants of Vrndavana were in danger because they
stopped Indra-yajna and Indra became very angry, and he sent very great,
powerful cloud and rained over Vrndavana incessantly for seven days, so when the
inhabitants became very much disturbed, Krsna, although He was only seven years
old boy, He saved them by lifting the Govardhana Hill. So He taught Indradeva,
demigod, that "To stop your disturbance is the business of My little finger.
That's all." So he came down to his knees. These things you'll find in Krsna
book. So as the Gopi-jana-vallabha, His only business is how to protect
gopi-jana. So our Krsna consciousness movement is how to become one of the
gopi-jana. Then Krsna will save us from any danger, even by lifting a hill or
mountain. Krsna is so kind and so powerful. When Krsna lifted the hill, He did
not practice some yoga system. And that is God. Although He was a child, He was
playing like a child, He was dealing like a child, but when there was need, He
was manifesting as God. That is Krsna. That is Krsna, not that He has to go and
practice some yoga system. Then He becomes God. No. He's not that type of God,
not manufactured God. He's God.
So gopi-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhari. And as a child, as beloved child of
Yasoda, Yasoda-nandana,... Krsna likes to be a child of a devotee. He wants to
be chastised from His devotee father and mother. Because everyone worships Him,
nobody goes to chastise Him, so He takes pleasure when a devotee chastises Him.
That is Krsna's service. If Krsna takes pleasure being chastised, so the
responsibility is taken by a devotee: "All right, I shall become Your father and
chastise You." When Krsna wants to fight, one of His devotees becomes
Hiranyakasipu and fights with Him. So all activities of Krsna is with His
devotees. He is... Therefore, to become associate of Krsna, to develop Krsna
consciousness... Yasoda-nandana vraja-jana-vallabha, vraja-jana-ranjana. His
only business is how to satisfy... As braja-jana's business is how to satisfy
Krsna, similarly, Krsna's business is how to satisfy braja-jana. This is
reciprocation of love. Yamuna-tira-vana-cari. Krsna, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, is wandering on the banks of Yamuna to please the gopis, the cowherd
boys, the birds, beasts, calves. They are not ordinary birds, beasts, calves or
men. They are on the top of self-realization. Krta-punya-punjah. After many,
many lives they got that position, to play with Krsna.
So our Krsna consciousness movement is so nice that everyone can go to
Krsnaloka and become His associate, as a friend or so many other things, as a
servant, as father, as mother. And Krsna is agreeable to any one of these
propositions. These things are described very nicely in our Teachings of Lord
Caitanya. So Krsna does not go even a step from Vrndavana. The original Krsna is
Vrndavana. That is described in the Brahma-samhita,
cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-
laksavrtesu
surabhir
abhipalayantam
laksmi-sahasra-sata-sambrahma-sevyamanam
govindam
adi-purusam (tam aham bhajami)
[Bs. 5.29]
Brahma is accepting the Supreme Personality of Govinda, Krsna in Vrndavana.
Venum kvanantam: "He is engaged in playing flute."
(venum kvanantam) aravinda-dalayataksam
barhavatamsam
asitambuda-sundarangam
kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham
govindam
adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
[Bs. 5.30]
So take advantage of these books, this knowledge, and this prasadam, this
chanting, and be happy and go to Krsna. So nice thing. All right.
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.