Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.121

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 — one 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 exactly 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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.47.60).

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