Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 7.18-19

yāń-sabā lañā prabhura nitya vihāra

yāń-sabā lañā prabhura kīrtana-pracāra

yāń-sabā lañā karena prema āsvādana

yāń-sabā lañā dāna kare prema-dhana

SYNONYMS

yāń-sabā — all; lañā — taking company; prabhura — of the Lord; nitya — eternal; vihāra — pastime; yāń-sabā — all those who are; lañā — taking company; prabhura — of the Lord; kīrtana — sańkīrtana; pracāra — movement; yāń-sabā — persons with whom; lañā — in accompaniment; karena — He does; prema — love of God; āsvādana — taste; yāń-sabā — those who are; lañā — in accompaniment; dāna kare — gives in charity; prema-dhana — love of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

The internal devotees or potencies are all eternal associates in the pastimes of the Lord. Only with them does the Lord advent to propound the sańkīrtana movement, only with them does the Lord taste the mellow of conjugal love, and only with them does He distribute this love of God to people in general.

PURPORT

Distinguishing between pure devotees and internal or confidential devotees, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, in his book Upadeśāmrita, traces the following gradual process of development. Out of many thousands of karmīs, one is better when he is situated in perfect Vedic knowledge. Out of many such learned scholars and philosophers, one who is actually liberated from material bondage is better, and out of many such persons who are actually liberated, one who is a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is considered to be the best. Among the many such transcendental lovers of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the gopīs are the best, and among the gopīs Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the best. Śrīmatī Rādhikā is very dear to Lord Krishna, and similarly Her ponds, namely, Śyāma-kunda and Rādhā-kunda, are also very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura comments in his Anubhāshya that among the five tattvas, two are energies (śakti-tattva) and the three others are energetic (śaktimān tattva). Unalloyed and internal devotees are both engaged in the favorable culture of Krishna consciousness untinged by philosophical speculation or fruitive activities. They are all understood to be pure devotees, and those among them who simply engage in conjugal love are called mādhurya-bhaktas, or internal devotees. The loving services in parental love, fraternity and servitude are included in conjugal love of God. In conclusion, therefore, every confidential devotee is a pure devotee of the Lord.

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu enjoys His pastimes with His immediate expansion Nityānanda Prabhu. His pure devotees and His three purusha incarnations, namely, Kāranodakaśāyī Vishnu, Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu and Kshīrodakaśāyī Vishnu, always accompany the Supreme Lord to propound the sańkīrtana movement.

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