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Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Verse 146 of 358
Cc Madhya 9.146

সিদ্ধান্ততস্ত্বভেদে ঽপি শ্রীশকৃষ্ণস্বরূপযোঃ রসেনোত্কৃষ্যতে কৃষ্ণ রূপমেষা রসস্থিতিঃ

सिद्धान्ततस्त्वभेदे ऽपि श्रीशकृष्णस्वरूपयोः रसेनोत्कृष्यते कृष्ण रूपमेषा रसस्थितिः

siddhāntatas tv abhede 'pi śrīśa-kṛṣṇa-svarūpayoḥ rasenotkṛṣyate kṛṣṇa- rūpam eṣā rasa-sthitiḥ

Synonyms

siddhāntataḥ—in reality; tu—but; abhede—no difference; api—although; śrī-īśa—of the husband of Lakṣmī, Nārāyaṇa; kṛṣṇa—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; svarūpayoḥ—between the forms; rasena—by transcendental mellows; utkṛṣyate—is superior; kṛṣṇa-rūpam—the form of Lord Kṛṣṇa; eṣā—this; rasa-sthitiḥ—the reservoir of pleasure..

Translation

" 'According to transcendental realization, there is no difference between the forms of Kṛṣṇa and Nārāyaṇa. Yet in Kṛṣṇa there is a special transcendental attraction due to the conjugal mellow, and consequently He surpasses Nārāyaṇa. This is the conclusion of transcendental mellows.'

Purport

This is a verse from Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.59).

Verse 146 of 358