"He is not the lover, I am not the beloved": Cupid ground two minds into one
nā so ramaṇa, nā hāma ramaṇī"He is not the lover, I am not the beloved" (CC Madhya 8.194)
"He is not the lover, I am not the beloved": Cupid ground two minds into one
nā so ramaṇa, nā hāma ramaṇī
"He is not the lover, I am not the beloved" (CC Madhya 8.194)
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"This oneness of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is a trans-rational category. It does not exist in the grammar of our own logic of this world — we do not have such categories."
Rāmānanda's third verse is spoken from separation: even the description of pūrva-rāga comes from there. And from separation Rādhikā speaks of one, not two: Cupid ground their minds to dust and moulded them anew. Gurudeva warns that this is a trans-rational category — our logic has no such class in its grammar. We say "one ātmā in two forms" because we are explaining it to ourselves and to others. Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa do not think that way: they are simply attuned in one flow of love, and that is a feeling, not a conclusion.