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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
prauḍha —matured;  nirmala-bhāva —pure condition;  prema —love;  sarva-uttama —best of all;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  mādhurya-rasa —of the mellow of the conjugal relationship;  āsvāda —of the tasting;  kāraṇa —the cause.
TRANSLATION
Her pure, mature love surpasses that of all others. Her love is the cause of Lord Kṛṣṇa's tasting the sweetness of the conjugal relationship.
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অতএব সেই ভাব অঙ্গীকার করি' । সাধিলেন নিজ বাঞ্ছা গোরাঙ্গ-শ্রীহরি ॥ ৫০ ॥
ataeva sei bhāva aṅgīkāra kari' sādhilena nija vāñchā gaurāṅga-śrī-hari
SYNONYMS
ataeva —therefore;  sei bhāva —that mood;  aṅgīkāra kari' —accepting;  sādhilena —fulfilled;  nija —His own;  vāñchā —desire;  gaurāṅga —Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  śrī-hari —the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Therefore Lord Gaurāṅga, who is Śrī Hari Himself, accepted the sentiments of Rādhā and thus fulfilled His own desires.
PURPORT
Of the four kinds of reciprocation of loving service— dāsya ,  sakhya ,  vātsalya  and  mādhurya — mādhurya  is considered the fullest. But the conjugal relationship is further divided into two varieties, namely  svakīya  and  parakīya .  Svakīya  is the relationship with Kṛṣṇa as a formally married husband, and  parakīya  is the relationship with Kṛṣṇa as a paramour. Expert analysts have decided that the transcendental ecstasy of the  parakīya  mellow is better because it is more enthusiastic. This phase of conjugal love is found in those who have surrendered to the Lord in intense love, knowing well that such illicit love with a paramour is not morally approved in society. The risks involved in such love of Godhead make this emotion superior to the relationship in which such risk is not involved. The validity of such risk, however, is possible only in the transcendental realm.  Svakīya  and  parakīya  conjugal love of Godhead have no existence in the material world, and  parakīya  is not exhibited anywhere in Vaikuṇṭha, but only in the portion of Goloka Vṛndāvana known as Vraja.
Some devotees think that Kṛṣṇa is eternally the enjoyer in Goloka Vṛndāvana but only sometimes comes to the platform of Vraja to enjoy  parakīya-rasa . The six