Rasa tattva is not a matter of joke

August 14, 2022

During Ratha-yatra, Sriman Mahaprabhu expressed the exclusive bhava of Srimati Radharani. She wanted to take Krsna back to Sri Dham Vrindavan from Kuruksetra, which she regarded as the most unusual place to express and exchange Braja rasa bhava. Nobody could realize this bhava except Srila Swarup Gosai.

By chance that year Srila Rupa Gosvami was at Ratha-yatra. He could realize the exact bhava of Sriman Mahaprabhu, but that was only discovered later when Sriman Mahaprabhu went to Srila Haridas Thakur’s bhajan kutir in Nilachal dham to meet Srila Rupapad who used to stay there with Srila Haridas Thakur. By chance, Sriman Mahaprabhu discovered the writing of Srila Rupapad there on the rooftop which matched with His own bhava.

Sriman Mahaprabhu was very happy to see the same bhava expressed inside the heart of Srila Rupapad that He had previously expressed at the time of Ratha-yatra. He then asked Srila Swarup Gosai, “How can Rupa realize my bhava in this kind of writing that I discover now?”

In reply, Srila Swarup Gosai said, “Dear Prabhu, I think he is enjoying your full kripa which can be the only reason he can exactly realize your heart.”

Then Sriman Mahaprabhu replied, “Really it is so. When he met with me at Allahabad Triveni-Sangam, I could realize that he is the fittest candidate to receive this secret Braja rasa tattva, so I was bound to bestow my full kripa on him so that he can compile books on Braja Rasa tattva. You can also speak about this secret Rasa tattva to him without any hesitation; there is no harm in it.”

So we can easily realize from these teachings of Sriman Mahaprabhu that by this kind of lila, Braja Rasa-tattva is surely not easily available to all, as is usually claimed by sahajiyas.