Mahanidhi Swami
Thousands bathe in Radha-kunda at midnight on Bahulastami.
But should Gaudiyas bathe at midnight?
There is no pramana in Gaudiya sastra prescribing midnight snana. Sri Rupa Goswamipada in Mathura Mahatmyam (verse 439, 441) and Sri Sanatama Goswamipada in Hari Bhakti Vilasa(16.207, 210) both quote the Padma Purana, Karttika mahatmyam which says, anyone who BATHES ON THE DAY of Bahulastami in Radha-kunda becomes very dear to Hari, karttike bahulastamyam, tatra snatva haripriya.
In Bhagavad Gita (16.23), Sri Krsna says that perfection comes when one acts according to sastra pramana
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So my dear friends, please consider this scriptural evidence and ‘do the needful’ as Srila Prabhupada always directed us to do.
Sri Karttik Bahulastami ki Jai!
Radha-kunda snana ki Jai!
Jai Jai Sri Radhe!
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