Re: Gaudiya Vaishnava Dharma - The goal of life
Madhya 8.203-205
sakhī vinā ei līlā puṣṭa nāhi haya
sakhī līlā vistāriyā, sakhī āsvādaya
Without the friends (Radhas), these pastimes cannot be nourished - vinā sakhī ei līlā nāhi haya puṣṭa
The girlfriends increase the pastimes and the girlfriends taste them - sakhī līlā vistāriyā, sakhī āsvādaya
sakhī vinā ei līlāya anyera nāhi gati
sakhī-bhāve ye tāńre kare anugati
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-kuńjasevā-sādhya sei pāya
sei sādhya pāite āra nāhika upāya
Without the girlfriends (Radhas) nobody can enter these pastimes (Radha Krishnas)- vinā sakhī anyera nāhi gati ei līlāya
The one that in the loving mood of the girlfriends (Radhas) follow them- ye bhāve sakhī kare anugati tāńre
Get the (divine) service for Radha Krishna in the groves (of Vrindavan) - pāya sevā rādhā-kṛṣṇa kuńja
which (is) the purpose (of life) - sei sādhya
There are no other means (or spiritual practice) - nāhika āra upāya
To attain this goal - pāite sei sādhya
Tika
These verses underline the fundament of the Raganuga Sadhan Bhakti, for the devotees which desire a divine amorous relation with Krishna.
The fundamental concept of Raganuga Sadhan Bhakti is expressed by Rupa Gosvami în Bhakti-rasämrita-sindhu 1.2.294.
kṛṣṇaḿ smaran janaḿ cāsya preṣṭhaḿ nija-samīhitam
tat-tat-kathā-rataś cāsau kuryād vāsaḿ vraje sadā
“Meditate on Krishna with His dear (eternal) associates - smaran kṛṣṇaḿ ca asya preṣṭhaḿ janaḿ
(that) you yourself choose (to follow) nija-samīhitam.
And in this way attached by a certain type of pastimes - cāsau rataś tat-tat-kathā
Do live all the time in Vrindavan - kuryād vāsaḿ sadā vraje.
Also Sri Cetanya explains in His teachings to Sanatan Gosvami recorded in Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 22.159:
nijābhīṣṭa kṛṣṇa-preṣṭha pācheta' lāgiyā
nirantara sevā kare antarmanā hańā
(The raganuga practitioner) should be constantly engaged in the (divine devotional) service - hańā nirantara kare sevā
In his mind - antarmanā
Following the dear associates dragi ai lui Krişna – pācheta preṣṭha lāgiyā kṛṣṇa
(Which) he chose (to follow) - nija-abhīṣṭa.
tadetadAtAravilochanasri / sambhAvitASeza vinamragarvam
muhur murArer madhurAdharoztham / mukhAmbujam chumbati mAnasam me
kRSNa karNamRtam 85
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