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

Verse 70 of 262
Cc Ādi 4.70

তযোরপ্যুভযোর্মধ্যে রাধিকা সর্বথাধিকা মহাভাবস্বরূপেযং গুণৈরতিবরীযসী

तयोरप्युभयोर्मध्ये राधिका सर्वथाधिका महाभावस्वरूपेयं गुणैरतिवरीयसी

tayor apy ubhayor madhye rādhikā sarvathādhikā mahābhāva-svarūpeyaṁ guṇair ativarīyasī

Synonyms

tayoḥ—of them; api—even; ubhayoḥ—of both (Candrāvalī and Rādhārāṇī); madhye—in the middle; rādhikā—Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; sarvathā—in every way; adhikā—greater; mahā-bhāva-svarūpā—the form of mahābhāva; iyam—this one; guṇaiḥ—with good qualities; ativarīyasī—the best of all..

Translation

"Of these two gopīs [Rādhārāṇī and Candrāvalī], Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is superior in all respects. She is the embodiment of mahābhāva, and She surpasses all in good qualities."

Purport

This text is verse 2 of the Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Verse 70 of 262