Ādi-līlā

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

Verse 217 of 262
Cc Ādi 4.217

রাধাসহ ক্রীডা রসবৃদ্ধির কারণ আর সব গোপীগণ রসোপকরণ

राधासह क्रीडा रसवृद्धिर कारण आर सब गोपीगण रसोपकरण

rādhā-saha krīḍā rasa-vṛddhira kāraṇa āra saba gopī-gaṇa rasopakaraṇa

Synonyms

rādhā-sahawith Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; krīḍāpastimes; rasaof mellow; vṛddhiraof the increase; kāraṇathe cause; ārathe other; sabaall; gopī-gaṇagopīs; rasa-upakaraṇaaccessories of mellow..

Translation

All the other gopīs help increase the joy of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes with Rādhārāṇī. The gopīs act as the instruments of Their mutual enjoyment.

Purport

It is said that the gopīs are divided into five groups, namely the sakhīs, nitya-sakhīs, prāṇa-sakhīs, priya-sakhīs and parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs. All these fair-complexioned associates of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the Queen of Vṛndāvana-dhāma, are expert artists in evoking erotic sentiments in Kṛṣṇa. The parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs are eight in number, and in the ecstatic dealings of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā they side sometimes with Kṛṣṇa and at other times with Rādhārāṇī, just to create a situation in which it appears that they favor one against the other. That makes the exchange of mellows more palatable.

Verse 217 of 262
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