[In Baba’s humble words…] I don’t have much expertise in explaining the deep topics of Sringara Rasa (conjugal mood of love). Since devotees have requested me to speak on the topic, I must explain it based on the words of our six Goswamis, Acharyas experts in the topic of Rasa and the scriptures. If one speaks on such topics based on his own intelligence, there is a high possibility of describing things incorrectly. In Raya Ramanada Samvād, Raya Ramananda described Radha Tatva, Krishna Tatva and Prema Tatva. But Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu asked him to speak about deeper topics of Mādhurya Rasa. Raya Ramananda, who was Vishakha Sakhi in Krishna’s pastimes, was surprised and thought, ‘Is there anyone in this world who wants to know about even deeper topics beyond Radha Krishna and Prema Tatva? No ordinary human being can desire to know even higher topics than this. (All ordinary sadhaks strive to know their own eternal form and the Tatva of God. The highest Tatvas of God are Radha Tatva,
Pastime 1 One day, the little child Krishna was playing with His Sakhas. Suddenly, He ate a handful of the dust of Vrindavan. The Sakhas saw this and said, “Kanhaiya! We will tell mother Yashoda what you have done! You ate mud!” Kanhaiya was quite afraid that mother Yashoda might beat Him with her stick today. Nonetheless, all the Sakhas took Kanhaiya to mother Yashoda and told her everything. The Sakhas thought that if they didn’t inform this to mother Yashoda, she would reprimand them later when He would fall sick or develop a stomach pain. “Mother Yashoda, Kanhaiya ate mud!” they said. Mother Yashoda became angry. “Kanhaiya! Did you eat mud?” she asked Kanhaiya. But Kanhaiya didn’t say anything since there was mud in His mouth and as soon as He would speak, mother Yashoda would see the mud. He just shook his head to say no. “Why don’t you speak? Say yes or no,” said mother Yashoda. But Kanhaiya still shook His head and made an “uh-oh” sound to deny it. At this point, He was terrif