Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.145

vicāra kariye yadi āsvāda-upāya

rādhikā-svarūpa ha-ite tabe mana dhāya

SYNONYMS

vicāra — consideration; kariye — I do; yadi — if; āsvāda — to taste; upāya — way; rādhikā-svarūpa — the nature of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī; ha-ite — to become; tabe — then; mana — mind; dhāya — chases.

TRANSLATION

"If I deliberate on a way to taste it, I find that I hanker for the position of Rādhikā."

PURPORT

Krishna's attractiveness is wonderful and unlimited. No one can know the end of it. Śrīmatī Rādhārānī alone can relish such extensiveness from Her position in the āśraya category. The mirror of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī's transcendental love is perfectly clear, yet it appears clearer and clearest in the transcendental method of understanding Krishna. In the mirror of Rādhārānī's heart, the transcendental features of Krishna appear increasingly new and fresh. In other words, the attraction of Krishna increases in proportion to the understanding of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī. Each tries to supersede the other. Neither wants to be defeated in increasing the intensity of love. Desiring to understand Rādhārānī's attitude of increasing love, Lord Krishna appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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