Gauranga = Radha-Madanmohan, Radha-Govinda, Radha-Gopinath

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Dear Swami Gaurangapada Maharaja, dear devotess, please accept my most respectful obeisances.

i encountered something very interesting while reading from His Holiness Shrila Gour Govinda Maharaja, which reveals deeper Gauranga Tattva, yet which also requires further elaboration:

"Krishna is bent in 3 places.The first bend is at His Lotus Feet. The second bend is at the left side of His Mouth. And the third bend is in His Heart. That means sambandha-tattva at the Feet - Radha-Madanmohan. Secondly, abhidheya-tattva at the Mouth - Radha-Govinda. And third is prayojana-tattva, in the heart - Radha-Gopinath - because prema is stored in the innermost chamber of the heart. The purport is that those who are fortunate have received the sweet honey emanating from the Lotus Feet of Gaurahari, the combinend form of Radha-Madanmohan. Those who are more fortunate get that sweet honey emanating from the Lotus Mouth - abhidheya-tattva - of Gaurahari, the combined form of Radha-Govinda. And those who are most fortunate have received that sweet honey emanating from the Lotus Heart of Gaurahari, the combined form of Sri Sri Radha-Gopinath. They are the dear devotees of Mahaprabhu headed by Sri Svarupa Damodara and Sri Rupa. All these mahajanas have received it..." (The embankment of separation by HH Shrila Gour Govinda Maharaja)

1.) What does the gradation of the devotees of Lord Gauranga according to these 3 considerations mean?

2.) Does it mean, that analogically to Radha-Krishna-Bhakti, one shall take shelter of and worship Lord Gauranga in these 3 steps: sambandha, abhidheya, prayojana? If yes, what are the exact forms of Lord Gaurahari in these 3 considerations, that one can take shelter and meditate of?

i think there are much more points to be discussed in this connection, but for the beginning these are the most important questions in this regard which presently occupy my mind and heart.

Thank You very very much in advance.

Yours,
Matus

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