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EDITORIAL September 27, 1999 VNN4807 Comment on this story Transcendental Envy BY MAHAVEGAVATI DASI EDITORIAL, Sep 27 (VNN) — Submitted for the pleasure of the assembled Vaisnavas: Hare Krsna. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Please accept my fallen obeisances. The following can be found in Srila Prabhupada's "Nectar of Devotion" pg 257. Envy In the Padyavali, one of the friends of Radharani once addressed Her thus:"My dear friend, please do not be too puffed up because Krsna has decorated Your forehead with His own hand. It may be that Krsna is yet attracted by some other beautiful girl. I see that the decoration on Your forehead is very nicely made, and so it appears that Krsna was not too disturbed in painting it. Otherwise, He could not have painted such exact lines!" This is an instance of envy caused by Radha's good fortune. In the Tenth Canto Thirtieth Chapter, verse 30, of Srimad Bhagavatam, there is the following statement: "When the gopis were searching for Krsna and Radha after the rasa dance, they thus began to speak among themselves: 'We have seen the footprints of Krsna and Radha on the ground of Vrndavana, and they are giving us great pain, because although Krsna is everything to us, that girl is so cunning that She has taken Him away alone and is enjoying His kissing without sharing Him with us!'" This is another instance of envy of the good fortune of Srimate Radharani. Sometimes when the cowherd boys used to play in the forests of Vrndavan, Krsna would play on one side, and Balaram would play on another. There would be competition and mock fighting between the two parties, and when Krsna's party was defeated by Balarama, the boys would say, "If Balarama's party remains victorious, then who in the world can be weaker than ourselves?" This is another instance of envy in ecstatic love. I remain your servant, Mahavegavati Dasi Hare Krsna About the Author  Other Stories by this AuthorComment on this story Contact VNN about this storySend this story to a friend
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