Lord Krsna's Consorts Śrimati Rādhārāņī, the embodiment of the hlädini potency, is Lord Krsna's eternal female consort. Being His pleasure counterpart, She is nondifferent from Him. As Lord Krsņa is the fountainhead of all Visņu forms, Śrimati Rādhārāņi is the source of all Laksmis, or female consorts of Lord Vişņu. In the Purușa-bodhini Upanişad of the Atharva Veda it is said:
dve pärśve candrāvali rādhikety uktvā yasyamsena lakşmi-durgädikā-śaktiḥ
"Two gopis, Candrāvali and Rādhārāni, always stay by Lord Krsna's side. Śrimati Rādhārāņi is the original form of the goddess of fortune, and She has expanded as Lakşmi-devi, Durgă, and the other goddesses of fortune as Her potencies."
In the Brhad-gautamiya-tantra, it is said:
devi krsna-mayi prokta rädhikā para-devatā sarva-lakşmi-mayi sarva-kāntih sammohini parā
"The transcendental goddess Śrimati Rādhārāņi is the direct counterpart of Lord Śri Krsna. She is the central figure for all goddesses of fortune (Laksmis). She possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval, internal potency of the Lord."
That Śrimati Rãdhārāņi is the topmost of Lord Krsna's potencies is described in the following verse from the Brhad-gautamiya- tantra, spoken by Lord Krsna to Lord Balarāma:
sattvarh tattvam paratvam ca tattva-trayam aham kila tri-tattva-rapini sapi radhika mama vallabha
"I am the master of the three potencies of material cause (tattva), material effect (sattva), and the transcendental potency above the material nature (paratva). These three potencies are embodied in Scimati Radhäräņi, who is very dear to Me."
Vaisnavas worship the Supreme Lord together with His internal Śri Śri Rădha-Krsna, Śri Śri Rukmiņi-Dvārakādhiśa, Sri Sri Sită-Răma, Sri Sri Lakşmi-Näräyaņa, and so on.
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