Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 1.169

balād akṣṇor lakṣmīḥ kavalayati navyaḿ kuvalayaḿ

mukhollāsaḥ phullaḿ kamala-vanam ullańghayati ca

daśāḿ kaṣṭām aṣṭāpadam api nayaty āńgika-rucir

vicitraḿ rādhāyāḥ kim api kila rūpaḿ vilasati

SYNONYMS

balāt — by force; akṣṇoḥ — of the two eyes; lakṣmīḥ — the beauty; kavalayati — devours; navyam — newly awakened; kuvalayam — lotus flower; mukha-ullāsaḥ — the beauty of the face; phullam — fructified; kamala-vanam — a forest of lotus flowers; ullańghayati — surpasses; ca — also; daśām — to a situation; kaṣṭām — painful; aṣṭā-padam — gold; api — even; nayati — brings; āńgika-ruciḥ — the luster of the body; vicitram — wonderful; rādhāyāḥ — of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kim api — some; kila — certainly; rūpam — the beauty; vilasati — manifests.

TRANSLATION

"'The beauty of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī's eyes forcibly devours the beauty of newly grown blue lotus flowers, and the beauty of Her face surpasses that of an entire forest of fully blossomed lotuses. Her bodily luster seems to place even gold into a painful situation. Thus the wonderful, unprecedented beauty of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is awakening in Vṛndāvana.'

PURPORT

This verse is from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.32). It is spoken by Paurṇamāsī.

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