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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.217
rādhā-saha krīdā rasa-vriddhira kārana
āra saba gopī-gana rasopakarana
SYNONYMS
rādhā-saha — with Śrīmatī Rādhārānī; krīdā — pastimes; rasa — of mellow; vriddhira — of the increase; kārana — the cause; āra — the other; saba — all; gopī-gana — gopīs; rasa-upakarana — accessories of mellow.
TRANSLATION
All the other gopīs help increase the joy of Krishna's pastimes with Rādhārānī. The gopīs act as the instruments of Their mutual enjoyment.
PURPORT
It is said that the gopīs are divided into five groups, namely the sakhīs, nitya-sakhīs, prāna-sakhīs, priya-sakhīs and parama-preshtha-sakhīs. All these fair-complexioned associates of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī, the Queen of Vrindāvana-dhāma, are expert artists in evoking erotic sentiments in Krishna. The parama-preshtha-sakhīs are eight in number, and in the ecstatic dealings of Krishna and Rādhā they side sometimes with Krishna and at other times with Rādhārānī, just to create a situation in which it appears that they favor one against the other. That makes the exchange of mellows more palatable.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness