Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.146

siddhāntatas tv abhede 'pi

śrīśa-krishna-svarūpayoh

rasenotkrishyate krishna-

rūpam eshā rasa-sthitih

SYNONYMS

siddhāntatah — in reality; tu — but; abhede — no difference; api — although; śrī-īśa — of the husband of Lakshmī, Nārāyana; krishna — of Lord Krishna; svarūpayoh — between the forms; rasena — by transcendental mellows; utkrishyate — is superior; krishna-rūpam — the form of Lord Krishna; eshā — this; rasa-sthitih — the reservoir of pleasure.

TRANSLATION

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

PURPORT

This is a verse from the Bhakti-rasāmrita-sindhu (1.2.59). Here Śrīla Krishnadāsa Kavirāja says that Lord Caitanya spoke the verse to Veńkata Bhatta, and earlier he said that Veńkata Bhatta spoke it to the Lord. But since their conversation took place long, long before the Bhakti-rasāmrita-sindhu was composed, the question my be raised as to how either of them quoted the verse. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura explains that this verse and many others like it were current among devotees long before the Bhakti-rasāmrita-sindhu was composed. Thus devotees would always quote them and explain their purport in ecstasy.

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