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great goddess, the parent of all wealth, and of the Vedas, and of the world. The primeval Prakriti, and the universal Prakriti, and all the creations of the will, are but forms of thee. Thou art all cause and all effect. That wise Yogi, who first pronounces thy name, and next that of KŘisuŇA, goes to his region; but he that reverses this order, incurs the sin of Brahminicide! Thou art the mother of the world. The Paramátmá Hari is the father. The Guru is more venerable than the father, and the mother more venerable than the Guru. Although he worship any other god, or even KŘisuka, the cause of all, yet the fool in this holy land who reviles RÁDIIKÁ shall suffer sorrow and pain in this life, and be condemued to hell, as long as the sun and moon endure. The spiritual preceptor teaches wisdom, and wisdom is from mystical rites and secret prayers; but they alone are the prayers of wisdom, that inculcate faith in Kristika and in you. He who preserves the Mantras of the gods through successive births, obtains faith in Durgh, which is of difficult acquisition. By preserving the Mantra of DURGA he obtains SAMBHU, who is eternal happiness and wisdom. By preserving the Mantra of SAMBIU, the cause of the world, he obtains your lotus feet, that most difficult of attainments. Having found an asylum at your feet, the pious man never relinquishes them for an instant, por is separated from them by fate. Having with firm faith received, in the holy land of Bharata, your Mantra (initiating prayer) from a l'aishnava, and adding your praises (Stava) or charm (karacha), which cleaves the root of works, he delivers himself (from future births) with thousands of his kindred. He who having properly worshipped his Guru with clothes, ornaments, and sandal, and assumed thy Kavacha (a charm or prayer, carried about the person in a small gold or silver casket) is equal to VisieŃu himself.”
In what respect the Rádhá Vallabhis differ from those followers of the Bengali Gosáins, who teach the
Accordingly the formula used by the Rádhá Vallabhi sect, and the like, is always Rádná Kristika, never KŘisia Ráduá.
