Ādi-līlā

Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance

Verse 118 of 262
Cc Ādi 4.118

হরিরেষ ন চেদবাতরিষ্যন্মথুরাযাং মধুরাক্ষি রাধিকা চ অভবিষ্যদিযং বৃথা বিসৃষ্টির্মকরাংকস্তু বিশেষতস্তদাত্র

हरिरेष न चेदवातरिष्यन्मथुरायां मधुराक्षि राधिका च अभविष्यदियं वृथा विसृष्टिर्मकरांकस्तु विशेषतस्तदात्र

harir eṣa na ced avātariṣyan mathurāyāṁ madhurākṣi rādhikā ca abhaviṣyad iyaṁ vṛthā visṛṣṭir makarāṅkas tu viśeṣatas tadātra

Synonyms

hariḥLord Kṛṣṇa; eṣaḥthis; nanot; cetif; avātariṣyatwould have descended; mathurāyāmin Mathurā; madhura-akṣiO lovely-eyed (Paurṇamāsī); rādhikāŚrīmatī Rādhikā; caand; abhaviṣyatwould have been; iyamthis; vṛthāuseless; visṛṣṭiḥthe whole creation; makara-aṅkaḥthe demigod of love, Cupid; tuthen; viśeṣataḥabove all; tadāthen; atrain this..

Translation

"O Paurṇamāsī, if Lord Hari had not descended in Mathurā with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, this entire creation—and especially Cupid, the demigod of love—would have been useless."

Purport

This verse is spoken by Śrī Vṛndādevī in the Vidagdha-mādhava (7.3) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Verse 118 of 262
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