VMA 2.35 : The play at the center
One of my favorite pictures . Ramesh Baba at dawn with his dancing dervishes on 84-kos parikrama. ekaṁ sakhyāpi no lakṣitam urasi lasan-nitya-tādātmya-kāntaṁ tad dṛśyaṁ dūrato’nyad vratati-nava-gṛhe’nyat tu tan-narma-śarma | anyad vṛndāvanāntar-viharad atha paraṁ gokule prāpta-yogaṁ vicchedy anyat tad evaṁ lasati bahu-vidhaṁ rādhikā-kṛṣṇa-rūpam ||2.35|| In one form, unseen even by the sakhis, Radha and Krishna hold each other to their hearts, losing themselves in mutual oneness. In another, they may be seen from far away in a cottage of newly blossoming vines. In another, they enjoy playful joking words. In yet another, they wander the forest of Vrindavan, enjoying its beauty. In one form they meet in Gokula, and in another are separated again. In this way that Supreme Truth in the form of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna manifests itself in many different ways. In a section of the Bhāgavatam that is often cited by Jiva Goswami, Narada famously visited Dwarka and saw its...