Lord Qodadhara
God is not alone in the spiritual world. Apart '!r from His own expanded forms, which are identical with Himself, He enjoys relationships with others who are different from Himself. These are called saktis or potencies and take two forms. One type is perfected jivas who serve the Lord as His osso- ciates in the spiritual world. The other type is similar to the jivas in serving the Lord and being distinct entities from the Lord, but is different from the jiva in the matter of potency. Because of that potency, such individuals are distinguished from the perfected jivas. The principal person of this category is the consort of the Lord. Krsna's consort is Radha. Visnuts consort is Laksmi. When Kfqq, incarnates as Lord Caitanya, playing the role of a devotee, his sakti incarnates as Gadadhara, who also plays the role of a devotee. Because Gadadhara acts as a devotee, he does not directly display the conjugal pastimes with the Lord rvhich are evident in Vraja. However he constantly remained by Lord Caitan- ya's side in Navadvipa and Puri, and could not bear separation from Him.
.('l:
n.'. : .'' ffi- *.rr_
'ry # ?
u ,ed tb- _ rE* r -lhe
,i&L ' #ry) &T ifu B ,{
.4
21
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online