Deity

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī

Rādhā is understood as Kṛṣṇa's internal potency of love and bliss, His hlādinī-śaktilah-dee-NEE SHUCK-teeThe Lord's internal potency of divine love and bliss, embodied by Rādhā.. Her presence explains why the centre of the chart is about complete loving devotion, premaPREH-muhComplete, purified loving devotion — the goal of bhakti., not simply divine power or cosmic rank.

At the central yogapīṭhaYOH-guh-PEE-tuhThe sacred central platform where Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa's intimate pastimes occur. with Kṛṣṇa

Kṛṣṇa's internal pleasure potency and foremost beloved in GauḍīyaGOW-dee-yuhThe Bengal Vaiṣṇava tradition founded on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's teachings. theology

In this tradition, Rādhā is central because love itself is central.

Source: Gauḍīya theological explanation; chart tradition · Direct scriptural support

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