The Served and the servant

 

07 Sep: One day, Srila Rupa Goswami invited Srila Sanatan Goswami to come and eat with him. For this occasion, he wished to prepare sweet rice, but he did not have the necessary ingredients. Srimati Radharani took the form of a young cowherd girl and to Srila Rupa with milk, sugar, rice and ghee, in short giving him everything he needed to make the preperation for Srila Sanatan’s pleasure. Srila Rupa Goswami cooked the sweet rice and after offering it to the deity, gave the prasad to Srila Sanatan.

 

Srila Sanatan found that after relishing the delicious sweet rice, he was overcome by uncontrollable waves of ecstasy. Suspecting that something unusual had taken place, he asked Srila Rupa where the ingredients had come from? When Srila Rupa told him about the little cowherd girl, Srila Sanatan immediately realized that this had been Srimati Radhaji. Because Srimati Radha was their Goddess and they were Her servants, the proper relation of served and servant had been reversed. He therefore strictly forbade Srila Rupa Goswami from accepting such gifts in the future.