Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.117

siddhāntatas tv abhede 'pi

śrīśa-kṛṣṇa-svarūpayoḥ

rasenotkṛṣyate kṛṣṇa-

rūpam eṣā rasa-sthitiḥ

SYNONYMS

siddhāntataḥ — in reality; tu — but; abhede — no difference; api — although; śrī-īśa — of the husband of Lakṣmī, Nārāyaṇa; kṛṣṇa — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; svarūpayoḥ — between the forms; rasena — by transcendental mellows; utkṛṣyate — is superior; kṛṣṇa-rūpam — the form of Lord Kṛṣṇa; eṣā — this; rasa-sthitiḥ — reservoir of pleasure.

TRANSLATION

Veńkaṭa Bhaṭṭa continued, "'According to transcendental realization, there is no difference between the forms of Nārāyaṇa and Kṛṣṇa. Yet in Kṛṣṇa there is a special transcendental attraction due to the conjugal mellow, and consequently He surpasses Nārāyaṇa. This is the conclusion of transcendental mellows.'

PURPORT

This verse quoted by Veńkaṭa Bhaṭṭa is also found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.59).

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