The UNTOLD Power of Shree Radha – What Every Krishna Devotee MUST Know by Swami Mukundanand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw Main Points:1. 1:06–1:16 — Devotees say “Radhe Radhe” because Radha is the divine mother, whose grace leads to Krishna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=66
2. 1:30–1:54 — Just as a mother’s love surpasses the father’s in worldly life, Radha’s spiritual position is higher than Krishna’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=90
3. 2:04–3:23 — A story illustrates how only the mother can help a child recognize the father—symbolizing Radha’s role in revealing Krishna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=124
4. 3:36–4:15 — Saints like Tulsidas turned to Sita when Ram didn’t respond, trusting the mother’s compassion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=216
5. 4:45–5:23 — Radha and Krishna are one divine entity; Shukadev couldn’t utter Radha’s name directly due to overwhelming love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=285
6. 5:30–6:43 — Radha feigned (pretended) pride to relieve her sakhis’ pain, leading Krishna to disappear, deepening the gopis’ longing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=330
7. 5:46–7:18 — Radha repents and joins the gopis in crying for Krishna, birthing the divine Gopi Geet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=346
8. 8:04–9:23 — Gopis express intense separation, cursing Brahma for giving only two blinking eyes that hinder darshan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=484
9. 9:46–11:10 — Their selfless love peaks in concern for Krishna’s bare feet in thorny forests but refusing to even let their breasts hurt Him, as they would be too hard for His feet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=586
10. 11:13–11:28 — Moved by their devotion, Krishna reappears from a bush, ending their divine search.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=673
Full Text:
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Sometimes people ask Swami ji why do you
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all say Radhe Radhe?
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Why don't you say Krishna Krishna?
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Because Radha is the mother.
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See even in the world between the mother
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and the father the position of the
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mother is higher because of her love
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because of her sacrifice. So the
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spiritual mother and the spiritual
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father Radha and Krishna Sitha and Ram
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between the two of them the mother's
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position is higher
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One boy and his mother,
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When the boy was a four year-old, the
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father had gone away
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to earn a living
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and he stayed in a foreign land for 15
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years.
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Finally, he sent the message that I am
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returning.
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So the mother and the child, he was now
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19 years old, they were both really
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excited.
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They were living in a little village in
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India.
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When they got that letter,
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the father said, "I'm coming back
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by this train."
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So they went to the railway station so
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eager to meet the father.
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The train was arriving at the platform.
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There were people standing.
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This young man was now so excited. he
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would be meeting his father after 15
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years. As the train approached, he
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started running
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and the mother smiled
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that my child
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until I point him out to you, you won't
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even be able to recognize your father.
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It is the mother who says, "Look, this
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is your father."
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So when we say Radhe Radhe,
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what we mean to say is, the full thing is Radhe Radhe Shyam milade.
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Oh divine mother please help me meet the
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father. So Tulsidas ji also in the Vinay Patrika
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he first prays to Ram and then he sees
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the father is not responding.
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So he decides the mother is more kind.
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She's got a softer heart. Well, he then
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prays to Sita.
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Oh my dear mother if ever you get a
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chance please tell my case to father if
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you give the recommendation there's a
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good chance so whether it is Radha or
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Sita or Parvati they are the divine
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mother the Yogmaya and they are
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not different from the Shaktimaan
“गिरा अरथ जल बिची सम कहिअत भिन्न न भिन्न”!
(see note below)
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The Shaktimaan and the Shakti are two
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aspects of the one divine entity.
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See the name of Radha comes in this way
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because Shukadev, the speaker of Srimad Bhagavatam, his
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original personality is, he's a leela
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shuk (parrot). He is the parrot in Radh Krishna
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pastimes from Radha ji's side. He has
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such love for Radha. If he says Radha, he
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will faint and he has to complete the
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Srimad Bhagavatam in seven days, as Takshak, the snake, is
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going to come (& bite Parikshit to death). So he says I cannot
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faint. That's why he doesn't directly
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say Radha but indirectly he mentions
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this Gopi has done Vishesh Aradhana (special worship)
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So Krishna took Radha and disappeared.
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Now the gopis realize their folly. I
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messed up my devotion.
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Don't we all feel from time to time? The
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mind was absolutely perfect. Now what
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happened? So the gopis they repented,
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they cried, they were searching for
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Krishna from forest to forest going in
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the night
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and Krishna is going with Radha.
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However, Radha
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decided that you know my sakhis are in so
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much of pain of separation. This is not
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good. So Radha created the abhinaya (drama) the
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acting of pride.
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She said to Krishna that I am tired. So
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Krishna said let me hold your hand. No
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you put me on your back and carry me.
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Krishna said really so ? this abhiman has
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come into you as well. So Krishna bent
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down & said lift your leg. Radha ji
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lifted her leg and Krishna disappeared.
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He left Radha as well. Now the gopis
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were searching. They're seeing two steps
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of footsteps.
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Searching searching searching until they
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find one step of footsteps. What
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happened? Where did Radha go? And there
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they found Radharani.
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So they came to her. What happened? She
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said, you know, I did vyabhichar. I did
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wrong thinking and this is the
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punishment. So Radha combined with the
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gopis and now they cried for Krishna.
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So the verses that they spoke
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is the Gopi Geet.
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So the Gopi Geet 19 verses now this is
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the mukut mani (peak of devotion), it shows the essence of
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devotion. It is not possible to cover
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this here. Rest assured that the gopis
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express the highest sentiments of
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devotion. Just to give you a sample let
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me tell you one “verse” of Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.15
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The gopis say, "O Shayam Sundar,
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when you used to go grazing the cows in
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the forest and we could not see you
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during the daytime,
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the pain that would burn in our heart, a
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moment would seem like an age long.
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When will He come? When will He come?
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And finally when You would return to braj
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with the cows
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and we would stand there and have darshan
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at that time we would curse Brahma,
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This Brahma has got an inert intellect.
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He has given only two eyes for darshan
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Flies have thousands of eyes. He could
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have given us many eyes.
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And even on those eyes he has created
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eyelids.
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So when we look and the eyelids blink
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the darshan gets disturbed. Now the eyelids
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do blink. We don't realize it's a nimesh
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matra only (only for a little while). But even that is intolerable to
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the gopis.
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So now gopis say the last verse of Gopi Geet “verse’
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Oh Shyam Sundar,
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when burning in pain to meet you, we
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would finally find you and get the
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opportunity to place Your foot on our
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chest.
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We would be so careful
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that our breast is hard. It should not
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hurt you.
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That is our sentiment to You.
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And You walk in the forest
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barefoot.
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You see Krishna being a cowherd.
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When He would walk
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the niyam (rule) for go charan is you go
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barefoot.
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Now the forest is a difficult place.
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There are all these thorns and pebbles
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etc. Yashoda once asked Krishna look
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I'll put shoes on, at least you walk with
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shoes. Krishna said when I am doing go
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charan the cows are my worshipable they
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are my isht.
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The isht dev is not wearing shoes and the bhakt
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wears shoes. How can that be? So Krishna
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always refused. The gopis say we would
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just think of Your feet falling there
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and it would pain us so much. They are
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expressing their selflessness.
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So finally Krishna melted.
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He manifested from a bush.
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The gopis saw here He is. We are
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running here and there from forest to
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forest. Here He is. They all ran to grab
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him.
Note:
“गिरा अरथ जल बिची सम कहिअत भिन्न न भिन्न”!
पद का विश्लेषण:
• गिरा = वाणी (शब्द)
• अरथ = अर्थ (भाव)
• जल बिची सम = जल और उसकी तरंगों के समान
• कहिअत भिन्न न भिन्न = कहा जाता है कि वे अलग हैं, पर वास्तव में अलग नहीं हैं
✨ भावार्थ (Meaning):
जैसे जल और उसकी तरंगें अलग दिखती हैं, पर वास्तव में एक ही होती हैं, वैसे ही वाणी और उसका अर्थ अलग प्रतीत होते हैं, परंतु वे एक ही हैं।
यह पंक्ति यह दर्शाती है कि शब्द और भाव में अद्वैत है। जब कोई संत या भक्त वाणी में भाव प्रकट करता है, तो वह केवल शब्द नहीं होता—वह भाव की तरंग होती है। वाणी और अर्थ का यह अद्वैत संबंध रस की अनुभूति में अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण है।
🕊️ आध्यात्मिक संदर्भ:
भक्ति में जब नाम लिया जाता है—जैसे "राधे राधे" या "श्याम"—तो वह केवल उच्चारण नहीं होता, वह उस भाव का साक्षात अनुभव होता है। जैसे जल की तरंग जल से अलग नहीं होती, वैसे ही नाम और नामी में भेद नहीं होता।
