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1. Radha-kunda, at the foot of Govardhana, is superior to all because it is there that love
of Krsna overflows.
2. Radha-kund is mainly worshiped by the Gaudiya Vaisnavas, the followers of Lord Sri
Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
1. Among the karmis some are called vikarmis, people who act without the guidance of
Vedic knowledge.
2. Those who act on the basis of Vedic knowledge perform sacrifices for the satisfaction
of Lord Visnu and to receive benedictions from Him.
3. A jnani is considered superior to a karmi because he at least refrains from the blind
activities of sense enjoyment.
4. Although a jnani may be liberated fromt he ignorance of the karmis, unless he comes
to the platform of devotional service he is still considered to be in ignorance.
5. When a jnani takes to devotional service, he rapidly becomes superior to an ordinary
jnani.
6. After taking to devotional service under the regulative principles, a person may come
to the platform of spontaneous love of Godhead, following in the footsteps of great
devotees like Narada, Sanaka, and Sanatana.
7. Of all these devotees, the gopis are recognized as superior because they do not know
anything other than satisfying Krsna.
8. There is no difference between thinking of Krsna and associating with Him.
Rather, vipralambha-seva, thinking of Krsna in separation, as Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu did, is far better than serving Krsna directly.
9. Out of all these exalted gopis, Srimati Radharani is the highest.
10. Srila Rupa Gosvami concludes that Srimati Radharani is the most exalted devotee of
Krsna and that Her kunda (lake), Sri Radha-kunda, is the most exalted place.
1. Krsna's love for Radha-kunda and Srimati Radharani is the same in all respects.
2. The conclusion is that to live on the banks of Radha-kunda and to bathe there daily
constitute the highest perfection of devotional service.
3. By serving Radha-kunda, one can get an opportunity to become an assistant of Srimati
Radharani under the eternal guidance of the gopis.