RĀYA RĀMĀNANDA SAṂVĀDA · 35
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In Vṛndāvana it is Kṛṣṇa Himself who shoots the arrows — the ever-fresh Cupid
vṛndāvane 'aprākṛta navīna-madana'"In Vṛndāvana, the transcendental ever-fresh Cupid" (CC Madhya 8.138)
In Vṛndāvana it is Kṛṣṇa Himself who shoots the arrows — the ever-fresh Cupid
vṛndāvane 'aprākṛta navīna-madana'
"In Vṛndāvana, the transcendental ever-fresh Cupid" (CC Madhya 8.138)
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"In the material world Cupid is always shooting everyone — shooting his arrows in the heart, piercing the heart. But in Vrindavan that material demigod has no power to go there: in Vrindavan Śrī Kṛṣṇa himself is Cupid, aprākṛta navīna-madana."
In the material world Cupid shoots at everyone: attachment, desire, lust — those are his arrows entering the heart. Śiva burned him with the fire of his third eye, and since then he is called anaṅga, bodiless — he shoots while staying unseen. In Vṛndāvana his jurisdiction ends: he has no power to go there. There Cupid is Kṛṣṇa Himself, and He disturbs the hearts of the gopīs with His arrows. He has no duty and no worry — only to love; and so His love carries no distraction at all. The tips of His arrows are flowers, and when such an arrow strikes the heart, it feels soft.
Let only what is worth the wound reach the heart.
Source: Rāya Rāmānanda Saṃvāda · part 11
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