Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 161 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.161

তযোরপ্যুভযোর্মধ্যে রাধিকা সর্বথাধিকা মহাভাবস্বরূপেযং গুণৈরতিবরীযসী

तयोरप्युभयोर्मध्ये राधिका सर्वथाधिका महाभावस्वरूपेयं गुणैरतिवरीयसी

tayor apy ubhayor madhye rādhikā sarvathādhikā mahābhāva-svarūpeyaṁ guṇair ativarīyasī

Synonyms

tayoḥof them; apieven; ubhayoḥof both (Candrāvalī and Rādhārāṇī); madhyein the middle; rādhikāŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; sarvathāin every way; adhikāgreater; mahā-bhāva-svarūpāthe form of mahābhāva; iyamthis one; guṇaiḥwith good qualities; ativarīyasīthe best of all..

Translation

" 'Among the gopīs of Vṛndāvana, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and another gopī are considered chief. However, when we compare the gopīs, it appears that Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is most important because Her real feature expresses the highest ecstasy of love. The ecstasy of love experienced by the other gopīs cannot be compared to that of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (4.3).

Verse 161 of 309
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