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Is it better to worship Krishna directly or through Radha?

[Ms. Laxmi Thrylokya asked: Padamaskaram Swami, We see images of Lord Krishna pressing the feet of Radha Rani. Is it better to worship Krishna directly or through Radha?]

Swami replied:- Ekabhaktir viśiṣyate— Gita. This means that you must concentrate on a single God and not on anybody else or anything else. The sunlight passes through the lens and burns the cotton. When the Sun sets, the lens cannot burn the cotton. Even if you do not concentrate on Sun, nothing happens because the globe of the Sun is inert. But God is not inert. If you are neglecting God and concentrate on others or other things that are illuminated by God, it clearly means that your concentration on God is not complete. For your kind information, Radha is pleased only when you worship Krishna and not when you worship her. Ekamevādvitīyaṃ Brahma— Veda and this means there is only one God, who is omniscient and omnipotent. Gita also says that the devotee shall concentrate on single point and diversion to other points shows lack of stable faith (Vyavasāyātmikā….— Gita).

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