Can you explain how sambandha-jnana is like the guiding star and the gopis’ prema is like the sun?
Okay so so i said that sammanda gyan is like the star and gopi's love for krishna is like the sun so i can elaborate that yes if you consider on the gopi gita and the fourth verse of the gopi gita is so every single verse of the gopi gita the underlying mood is krishna come back krishna please come back you disappeared from our vision please reappear in this vision reappear before us so in this verse they're saying now we understand krishna now we understand that you are not gopika nandan you are not yashoda nandan now we were thinking that you're just one of our guys but you are not in the previous verses it is said that how krishna you saved us from so many demons from indra and from yoma and so many other demons how could you have done this because you're not gopika nandan then who are you vikhanasarthito you are the indwellings here the hearts of all living beings that is the super soul is present is krishna himself is present in the hearts then then if he's in the heart what is he doing outside over here vikhanasarthito he is vikhanas vikhanas is brahmaji brahmaji is distressed and he beseeched the lord therefore for protecting this world for protecting the universe from the demons you have descended the dynasty of krishna is known by various different names one of its sometimes it's called yadu dynasty sometimes it's called sattvata dynasty so because of the prayers of brahma you are manifested in the sattvata dynasty but the important point is that in so many ways describing how you are the supreme you are the indwelling super soul you are the one whom brahma prayed to you have decided you are descending sattvata dynasty but in the same words what are they saying sakham means oh friend so all that knowledge is there that krishna is god but the intimacy of their love is so much that the gopis they in a later verse they say they say with your feet you actually crushed kalia they know that past time and yet the same gopis are saying he says when we think that your feet are being pierced by the thorns the pebbles the brambles on the paths of vrindavan our heart is ripped apart by that so now if krishna has survived on the fangs of kalia now his teeth are far more venomous and dangerous than some small thorns and the gopis know that krishna has crushed kalia but still their love for krishna is so great their desire to serve him is so great and although that acknowledgement is there yes krishna you crushed kalia but no your pain your legs will be pierced by the thorns and that will cause you pain and we can't tolerate that krishna please come back so there is an awareness that krishna is god so the acharya has described that this particular prayer nakhalu gopika the gopis turn it around he says that you are the indwelling super soul of all living beings at one level he was saying that he is supreme he is transcendental this is if you are the super soul of all living beings and you are in our hearts also then you will know how distressed we are therefore seeing our distress please come back he says and for the vishwa gupta you descended to this world to protect this universe we are also part of this universe and we are in mortal agony so please come back please come back so that means and they're saying him he's who is he sakha you are our friend oh sakha please come back so there is the knowledge that krishna is supreme but that knowledge is just used to intensify their love that knowledge it is not in the foreground of their awareness it is in the background of that awareness and they may refer to it in prayers but their focus is krishna is our lovable lord he's a lovable friend and we just want to offer him our love so that they have the knowledge but that is not in the foreground there is that beautiful pastime when krishna the same extension only and when krishna had disappeared from the gopis then krishna took the form of vishnu and krishna took the form of vishnu and the gopis saw vishnu is also started delusion complex so in the distance they saw oh this is krishna and they started running towards him and when they saw it was vishnu they became disappointed the yogis are elated when they get one darshan of vishnu but the gopis were disappointed on seeing vishnu and then they started asking vishnu where is krishna where is krishna and then vishnu pointed this way go this way and the gopis offered obeisances to vishnu and ran they offered obeisances and ran away from him and then finally last of them was radharani radharani came and she begged oh vishnu where is krishna such was the intensity of her love such was the agony of her separation from krishna and then vishnu he tried to point his hand that way but the intensity of krishna's love of radharani's love for krishna caused vishnu's two hands to disappear and he was pointing but there were no hands to point and then what happened radharani saw her beloved lord in front of her so even when vishnu is in front of them they know vishnu is god but they're not interested in vishnu they're interested in krishna so this this past time through an event demonstrates what also happens in terms of the knowledge of the gopis they know krishna is god but that is not in the foreground that krishna is our lovable friend he is our lover that's what is in the foreground of their awareness.