Rasasvarupah Shrikrrishnah Rasikastu Yaya Krritah
Reme Taya Chatmaratah Atma Ramopyakhanditah.
Taveti Trritiya Hetau-budhairsaya Shukoktitah
Bhaktamshcha Premadanena Karoti Rasabhoginah.
- Shri Vagish Shastriji, Sri Radha Naam Sudha (6)
The Śrutis (Vedas) describe the Supreme Lord as Ānanda-svarūpa (embodiment of bliss), not as rasa-bhoktā (enjoyer of rasa). It is Shri Radha who makes Him a rasika, a connoisseur of divine love. In Bhāgavatam, Shri Shukadeva calls Krishna ātmārāma (self-satisfied) and ātmarata (rejoicing in the Self), yet Radha engages Him in loving pastimes, making Him Rādhā-Ramaṇa. The word “tayā” in the verse, in instrumental case, is interpreted as “by her,” i.e., by Radha. Similarly, Radha grants divine love to devotees, making them Rasikas, capable of relishing the bliss of love.
Reme Taya Chatmaratah Atma Ramopyakhanditah.
Taveti Trritiya Hetau-budhairsaya Shukoktitah
Bhaktamshcha Premadanena Karoti Rasabhoginah.
- Shri Vagish Shastriji, Sri Radha Naam Sudha (6)
The Śrutis (Vedas) describe the Supreme Lord as Ānanda-svarūpa (embodiment of bliss), not as rasa-bhoktā (enjoyer of rasa). It is Shri Radha who makes Him a rasika, a connoisseur of divine love. In Bhāgavatam, Shri Shukadeva calls Krishna ātmārāma (self-satisfied) and ātmarata (rejoicing in the Self), yet Radha engages Him in loving pastimes, making Him Rādhā-Ramaṇa. The word “tayā” in the verse, in instrumental case, is interpreted as “by her,” i.e., by Radha. Similarly, Radha grants divine love to devotees, making them Rasikas, capable of relishing the bliss of love.