[Spoken by Srila Gurudeva on July 8th, 1997, in Holland, published as part of the Bhakta Bandhav Anthology, Volume 21]
Srila Gurudeva: If you are not knowing anything, then how you can do this? You can never do this. So, chanting and remembering Krsna, being in Vrndavana under the guidance of any very qualified, very rasika tattva-jna Vaisnava, this is the best siksa. These are the teachings of Rupa Gosvami and Mahaprabhu. Thinking that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead but yet Srimati Radhika is my aradhya-devi, my worshipable deity. Then who is Krsna? He is off far away relation. We have a very distant relationship with Him. He is the prana-natha of our Srimati Radhika. That is why we have some relation with Krsna. But more relation, our main relation is with Srimati Radhika. We are the servant of Srimati Radhika.
mad-isa-nathatve vraja-vipina-candram vraja-vane
svarim tan-nathatve tad-atula-sakhitve tu lalitam
visakham siksali-vitarana-gurutve priya-saro-
girindrau tat-preksa-lalita-rati-datve smara manah
-Sri Manah Siksa, verse 9
[O mind! Always remember Vrndavana-candra Sri Krsna as the prana-natha of my Svamini Sri Radhika, Vrndavanesvari Srimati Radhika as His mistress (or my svamini), Sri Lalita as the peerless friend of my svamini, Sri Visakha as the siksa-guru in instructing all the gopis in making arrangements of Sri Yugala seva, and Radha-kunda and Giriraja Govardhana as those who grant darsana of Sri Radha-Krsna and bestow sublime rati for Their lotus feet.]
Like this. Srimati Radhika is our aradhya-devi and Krsna is Her prana-natha. Rupa Gosvami has quoted that and Vaisnava is saying, “I want to do bhakti to Krsna, Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara, in all respects.”
“Why do you want this?”
“Oh, I want to chant, remember and hear His pastimes.”
“Why?”
“Because then He will be very merciful to me and happy with me.”
“Why do you want this?”
“If He is happy with me, then I will tell Him, ‘Oh Krsna, I want that You should make me the maidservant of Your Srimati Radhika. I am chanting and remembering and doing service to You only for this, that You should be happy and merciful to me to give me the service of Your Srimati Radhika. I have no other ambition at all, nothing, nothing, nothing.” So this is our aim and object. We are preaching everywhere, from top to bottom, all these things. Today we are finishing our class. I have told so many things to you only to encourage you, give some inspiration and help you. I may have used some rough words for you or anyone, but don’t keep it in your heart. I have done it out of affection for you all, not to give any harm to you. So kindly forgive me for that if I have done so.
I want that you should remember me and that I should also remember you. I want that you should give me a chance to help you. If Krsna has given me any qualification or if I have heard anything from my Gurudeva, I don’t want to keep it for only myself. Like Prahlada Maharaja. It is maha-prasada and I want to distribute it to all and only some remnants I want to keep with me.