Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.55

rādhā krishna-pranaya-vikritir hlādinī śaktir asmād

ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedam gatau tau

caitanyākhyam prakatam adhunā tad-dvayam caikyam āptam

rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitam naumi krishna-svarūpam

SYNONYMS

rādhā — Śrīmatī Rādhārānī; krishna — of Lord Krishna; pranaya — of love; vikritih — the transformation; hlādinī śaktih — pleasure potency; asmāt — from this; eka-ātmānau — both the same in identity; api — although; bhuvi — on earth; purā — from beginningless time; deha-bhedam — separate forms; gatau — obtained; tau — these two; caitanya-ākhyam — known as Śrī Caitanya; prakatam — manifest; adhunā — now; tat-dvayam — the two of Them; ca — and; aikyam — unity; āptam — obtained; rādhā — of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī; bhāva — mood; dyuti — the luster; suvalitam — who is adorned with; naumi — I offer my obeisances; krishna-svarūpam — to Him who is identical with Śrī Krishna.

TRANSLATION

"The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Krishna are transcendental manifestations of the Lord's internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Rādhā and Krishna are one in Their identity, They separated Themselves eternally. Now these two transcendental identities have again united, in the form of Śrī Krishna Caitanya. I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī although He is Krishna Himself."

PURPORT

This text is from the diary of Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī. It appears as the fifth of the first fourteen verses of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmrita.

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