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

Verse 156 of 262
Cc Ādi 4.156

গোপ্যস্তপঃ কিমচরন্যদমুষ্য রূপং লাবণ্যসারমসমোর্ধ্বমনন্যসিদ্ধম্ দৃগ্ভিঃ পিবন্ত্যনুসবাভিনবং দুরাপমেকান্তধাম যশসঃ শ্রিয ঐশ্বরস্য

गोप्यस्तपः किमचरन्यदमुष्य रूपं लावण्यसारमसमोर्ध्वमनन्यसिद्धम् दृग्भिः पिबन्त्यनुसवाभिनवं दुरापमेकान्तधाम यशसः श्रिय ऐश्वरस्य

gopyas tapaḥ kim acaran yad amuṣya rūpaṁ lāvaṇya-sāram asamordhvam ananya-siddham dṛgbhiḥ pibanty anusavābhinavaṁ durāpam ekānta-dhāma yaśasaḥ śriya aiśvarasya

Synonyms

gopyaḥ—the gopīs; tapaḥ—austerities; kim—what; acaran—performed; yat—from which; amuṣya—of such a one (Lord Kṛṣṇa); rūpam—the form; lāvaṇya-sāram—the essence of loveliness; asama-ūrdhvam—not paralleled or surpassed; ananya-siddham—not perfected by any other ornament (self-perfect); dṛgbhiḥ—by the eyes; pibanti—they drink; anusava-abhinavam—constantly new; durāpam—difficult to obtain; ekānta-dhāma—the only abode; yaśasaḥ—of fame; śriyaḥ—of beauty; aiśvarasya—of opulence..

Translation

[The women of Mathurā say:] "What austerities must the gopīs have performed? With their eyes they always drink the nectar of the face of Lord Kṛṣṇa, which is the essence of loveliness and is not to be equaled or surpassed. That loveliness is the only abode of beauty, fame and opulence. It is self-perfect, ever fresh and extremely rare."

Purport

This text from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.44.14) was spoken by the women of Mathurā when they saw Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the arena with King Kaṁsa's great wrestlers Muṣṭika and Cāṇūra.

Verse 156 of 262