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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
vrajāṅganā-rūpa, āra kāntā-gaṇa-sāra śrī-rādhikā haite kāntā-gaṇera vistāra
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa-kāntā-gaṇa —the lovers of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  dekhi —I see;  tri-vidha —three;  prakāra —kinds;  eka —one;  lakṣmī-gaṇa —the goddesses of fortune;  pure —in the city;  mahiṣī-gaṇa —the queens;  āra —and;  vraja-aṅganā —of the beautiful women of Vraja;  rūpa —having the form;  āra —another type;  kāntā-gaṇa —of the lovers;  sāra —the essence;  śrī-rādhikā haite —from Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;  kāntā-gaṇera —of the lovers of Kṛṣṇa;  vistāra —the expansion.
TRANSLATION
The beloved consorts of Lord Kṛṣṇa are of three kinds: the goddesses of fortune, the queens, and the milkmaids of Vraja, who are the foremost of all. These consorts all proceed from Rādhikā.
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অবতারী কৃষ্ণ যৈছে করে অবতার ।
অংশিনী রাধা হৈতে তিন গণের বিস্তার ॥ ৭৬ ॥
avatārī kṛṣṇa yaiche kare avatāra aṁśinī rādhā haite tina gaṇera vistāra
SYNONYMS
avatārī —the source of all incarnations;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  yaiche —just as;  kare —makes;  avatāra —incarnation;  aṁśinī —the source of all portions;  rādhā —Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;  haite —from;  tina —three;  gaṇera —of the groups;  vistāra —expansion.
TRANSLATION
Just as the fountainhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, is the cause of all incarnations, so Śrī Rādhā is the cause of all these consorts.
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বৈভবগণ যেন তাঁর অঙ্গ-বিভূতি ।
বিষ-প্রতিবিষ-রূপ মহিষীর ততি ॥ ৭৭ ॥
vaibhava-gaṇa yena tāṅra aṅga-vibhūti bimba-pratibimba-rūpa mahiṣīra tati
SYNONYMS
vaibhava-gaṇa —the expansions;  yena —as it were;  tāṅra —of Her;  aṅga —of the body;  vibhūti —powerful expansions;  bimba —reflections;  pratibimba —counter-reflections;  rūpa —having the form;  mahiṣīra —of the queens;  tati —the expansion.