Cc. Madhya 8.255

‘śravaṇa-madhye jīvera kon śreṣṭha śravaṇa?’
‘rādhā-kṛṣṇa-prema-keli karṇa-rasāyana’

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aural reception; by hearing; ear; ears; from hearing; hear; hearing; hearing about whom; hearing power; of hearing; the aural reception; the ear; the ears; to hear; to the ear; topic of hearing; while hearing such blasphemy.-madhyeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmadhye

among; amongst; between; between them; in; in between them; in the center; in the middle (between east and west); in the middle; in the midst; in the midst of; sometimes; toward; within; within the jurisdiction of Māhiṣmatī; within the midst.—out of all topics for hearing; jīveraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigjīvera

of all conditioned souls; of all living entities; of an ordinary living being; of living entities; of the conditioned soul; of the conditioned souls; of the fallen souls; of the living being; of the living beings; of the living entities; of the living entity; the living entities.—of the living entity; konplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkon

what; some; what; what kind of; what of; which; who; who are they.—what; śreṣṭhaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsrestha

about the best; as supreme; best; chief; most important; O chief; superior; the best; the chief; the most important item; the supermost; the supreme; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the topmost; topmost.—most important; śravaṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigśravaṇa

aural reception; by hearing; ear; ears; from hearing; hear; hearing; hearing about whom; hearing power; of hearing; the aural reception; the ear; the ears; to hear; to the ear; topic of hearing; while hearing such blasphemy.—topic of hearing; rādhāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigradha

of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; Rādhārāṇī; Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.-kṛṣṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkrsna

kṛṣ-ṇa; about Kṛṣṇa; and Kṛṣṇa; black; Hare Kṛṣṇa; in Kṛṣṇa; is Lord Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa is now present; Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Lord Kṛṣṇa; Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself; Lord Kṛṣṇa's; Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy name; Lord Kṛṣṇa's name; Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; My dear Kṛṣṇa; O Kṛṣṇa; O Lord Kṛṣṇa; O my Lord Kṛṣṇa; of Kṛṣṇa; of Lord Kṛṣṇa; of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; of the mode of ignorance; the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa; the holy name Kṛṣṇa; the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; the Lord; the name of Kṛṣṇa; the Personality of Godhead; the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; the presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Lord; the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa; to Lord Kṛṣṇa; unto Lord Kṛṣṇa; Śrī Kṛṣṇa.-premaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigprema

affection; affectionate; and ecstatic love; and love; and love of Godhead; and of love of God; by love of Godhead; ecstasy; ecstasy of love; ecstatic love; ecstatic love for God; ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa; his love for the Lord; in ecstatic love; in feelings of love; in love; in love of Kṛṣṇa; love; love for God; love of God; love of Godhead; love of Kṛṣṇa; loving; loving affairs; loving service; of affection; of ecstatic love; of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa; of love; of love of God; of love of Godhead; of the loving affairs; out of affection and love; out of love; pure love; real love of Kṛṣṇa; the ecstatic love; the love; the love of Godhead; transcendental bliss; transcendental love; with love.-keliplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkeli

pastimes.—the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa; karṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkarṇa

and to the ears; ear; ears; Karṇa; of the ear; on the ears; the ear; the ears; through the ears; to the ear.-rasaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigrasa

and mellows; and of mellows; humor; in mellows; juice; mellow; mellows; of mellow; of mellows; of the mellow; of the mellows; of the nectar; of the transcendental mellow; of transcendental mellows; such a mellow; taste; the juice; the juices; the mellow; the mellows; the mellows of love; these transcendental mellows; transcendental mellow; transcendental mellows; with humors.-ayanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigayana

the body; the motion; the shelters.—most pleasing to the ear. ¶

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Out of all topics people listen to, which is best for all living entities?” ¶

Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “Hearing about the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is most pleasing to the ear.” ¶

According to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.33.39): ¶

vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ
śraddhānvito ‘nuśṛṇuyād atha varṇayed yaḥ
bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ
hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ

“He who faithfully hears about the dealings between Lord Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs in the rāsa dance and he who describes these activities attain to the perfectional stage of devotional service and simultaneously lose material, lusty desires.” ¶

A liberated person who hears about the loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is not inclined to have lusty desires. One mundane rogue once said that when the Vaiṣṇavas chant the name “Rādhā, Rādhā,” he simply remembers a barber’s wife named Rādhā. This is a practical example. Unless one is liberated, he should not try to hear about the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. If one is not liberated and listens to a relation of the rāsa dance, he may remember his mundane activities and illicit connections with some woman whose name may also be Rādhā. In the conditioned stage one should not even try to remember such things. By practicing the regulative principles, one should rise to the platform of spontaneous attraction for Kṛṣṇa. Then and only then should one hear about rādhā-kṛṣṇa-līlā. Although these affairs may be very pleasing both to conditioned and to liberated souls, the conditioned soul should not try to hear them. The talks between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are conducted on the platform of liberation. ¶