The Best Way To Worship Krishna

The Best Way To Worship Krishna
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura
The best way to worship Krishna is in the way in which the gopīs of Vraja worshiped Him. Lord Krishna is composed of transcendental energies and is supremely independent. His transcenden¬tal energies have three principal duties. His first energy is called hlādinī, and its purpose is to give Krishna pleasure. His second energy is called saṁvit, and its purpose is to help Krishna feel the depth of His own self. The third energy is known as sandhinī, the energy of existence, and its purpose is to make all arrangements for the Lord’s enjoyment.
Actually, all the ingredients for Krishna’s enjoy¬ment are arranged by the sandhinī-śakti. Personi¬fied, she serves Krishna by manifesting His abode and the paraphernalia for His pastimes. The saṁvit energy serves Krishna by making Him feel pleasure and helping Him realize Himself. The hlādinī-śakti personified manifests Herself in various forms to increase the transcendental mellows of Krishna’s ecstatic love in newer and newer ways. These forms appear as the young milkmaid damsels of Vrindavana (gopīs). These gopīs are expansions of Sri Radha, who is the personification of ecstatic love for Krishna and the supreme enchantress. Sri Radha is the original shelter of all of Krishna’s transcendental energy. Although this divine young couple form a unity, they manifest Themselves as the enjoyer and the enjoyed. Sri Caitanya Ma¬haprabhu comes to establish our service to Krishna through subordination to Radhika.
– Amṛta Vāṇī: Nectar of Instructions of Immortality of His Divine Grace Bahk¬tisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada; Compiled by Sripada Bahkti Mayukha Bhāgavat Maharaja; Adapted and Published by Isvara dasa; Touchstone Media.