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| Madhya-līlā | Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 8.80
nāyam śriyo 'ńga u nitānta-rateh prasādah
svar-yoshitām nalina-gandha-rucām kuto 'nyāh
rāsotsave 'sya bhuja-danda-grihīta-kantha-
labdhāśishām ya udagād vraja-sundarīnām
SYNONYMS
na — not; ayam — this; śriyah — of the goddess of fortune; ańge — on the chest; u — alas; nitānta-rateh — who is very intimately related; prasādah — the favor; svah — of the heavenly planets; yoshitām — of women; nalina — of the lotus flower; gandha — having the aroma; rucām — and bodily luster; kutah — much less; anyāh — others; rāsa-utsave — in the festival of the rāsa dance; asya — of Lord Śrī Krishna; bhuja-danda — by the arms; grihīta — embraced; kantha — their necks; labdha-āśishām — who achieved such a blessing; yah — which; udagāt — became manifest; vraja-sundarīnām — of the beautiful gopīs, the transcendental girls of Vrajabhūmi.
TRANSLATION
"'When Lord Śrī Krishna was dancing with the gopīs in the rāsa-līlā, the gopīs 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 verse (Bhāg. 10.47.60) was spoken by Uddhava when he visited Śrī Vrindāvana to deliver a message from Krishna to the gopīs. Uddhava remained in Vrindāvana to observe the activities of the gopīs there. When he saw the ecstatic love for Krishna in separation manifested by the gopīs, he appreciated their supreme love and therefore expressed his feelings in this verse. He admitted that the fortune of the gopīs could not be compared even to the fortune of the goddess of fortune, to say nothing of the beautiful girls in the heavenly planets.
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