Material existence is collective madness from which Krishna consciousness offers the only genuine cure through simple practice.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Room Conversation on Caitanya-caritāmṛta with Dr. Christian Hauser, Psychiatrist — September 10, 1973, Stockholm 730910R1-STOCKHOLM [69:02 Minutes] Conv_730910R1-STOCKHOLM Prabhupāda: Somebody is coming?
Devotee: Yes. Pradyumna: She says that, erm, it says, "The Lord..., Lord Kṛṣṇa tasted four kinds of transcendental mellows in devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of Mother Śacī, and at last, in order to understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī's ecstatic love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord has assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Amongst all kinds of devotional mentality, the attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is considered to be the superex…, superexcellent. No other devotee than Kṛṣṇa Hims…" It says, "No other devotee than Kṛṣṇa Himself can assume such part to taste the ecstatic situation"?
Part? "…to taste the ecstatic situation of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Therefore, He, Himself, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu..." Prabhupāda: Yes. Pradyumna: When Śrī Cai…, when, uh...
Prabhupāda: Where is that small? Śrutakīrti: Spoon?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Śrutakīrti: Maybe, it may be in the bag.
Prabhupāda: That’s all right. Pradyumna: And then it says, "When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of four-handed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs..." Prabhupāda: And where is that plate? Śrutakīrti: That I have also. Prabhupāda: Why is it? Keep it here. Śrutakīrti: Yeah. Pradyumna: So "When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of four-handed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs did not take very much care for this form. They were not very much intimate..." No. Prabhupāda: "Interested"? Pradyumna: And then it goes on at end of tape, and the, and the sentence got left off.
It said in the… It said in the book in the trans…, in the original Bengali, it says that they... Prabhupāda: Ah. Pradyumna: …they did not make…, they made obeisances to Nārāyaṇa, but then they, uh... Prabhupāda: Yes. It is Nārāyaṇa, that’s all right. [indistinct] Pradyumna: So you say, "They did not take very much care for this form, but they were..., showed respect, but they were not very much intimately…"? Prabhupāda: Interested. Pradyumna: Ah, "not very much interested." And just one more thing. It says that, er… You say, so far it talks about Lord Caitanya was experiencing these four forms of bhāva, vicāri bhāva, and then, "So far as Lord Nītyānanda is concerned, He is in ecstasy of parental love, servitude and fraternal attraction.