Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.29

nayam sriyo 'nga u nitanta-rateh prasadah

svar-yositam nalina-gandha-rucam kuto 'nyah

rasotsave 'sya bhuja-danda-grhita-kantha-

labdhasisam ya udagad vraja-sundarinam

SYNONYMS

na -- not; ayam -- this; sriyah -- of the goddess of fortune; ange -- on the chest; u -- alas; nitanta-rateh -- who is very intimately related; prasadah -- the favor; svah -- of the heavenly planets; yositam -- of women; nalina -- of the lotus flower; gandha -- having the aroma; rucam -- and bodily luster; kutah -- much less; anyah -- others; rasa-utsave -- in the festival of the rasa dance; asya -- of Lord Sri Krsna; bhuja-danda -- by the arms; grhita -- embraced; kantha -- their necks; labdha-asisam -- who achieved such a blessing; yah -- which; udagat -- became manifest; vraja-sundarinam -- of the beautiful gopis, the transcendental girls of Vrajabhumi.

TRANSLATION

"'When Lord Sri Krsna was dancing with the gopis in the rasa-lila, the gopis were embraced around the neck by the Lord's arms. This transcendental favor was never bestowed upon the goddess of fortune or the other consorts in the spiritual world. Nor was such a thing ever imagined by the most beautiful girls in the heavenly planets, girls whose bodily luster and aroma resemble the beauty and fragrance of lotus flowers. And what to speak of worldly women, who may be very, very beautiful according to material estimation?'

PURPORT

This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.47.60).

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