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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
bahu kāntā vinā nahe rasera ullāsa līlāra sahāya lāgi' bahuta prakāśa
SYNONYMS
bahu —many;  kāntā —lovers;  vinā —without;  nahe —there is not;  rasera —of mellow;  ullāsa —exultation;  līlāra —of pastimes;  sahāya —helper;  lāgi' —for the purpose of being;  bahuta —many;  prakāśa —manifestations.
TRANSLATION
Without many consorts, there is not such exultation in rasa. Therefore there are many manifestations of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to assist in the Lord's pastimes.
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তার মধ্যে ব্রজে নানা ভাব-রস-ভেদে ।
কৃষ্ণকে করায় রাসাদিক-লীলাস্বাদে ॥ ৮১ ॥
tāra madhye vraje nānā bhāva-rasa-bhede kṛṣṇake karāya rāsādika-līlāsvāde
SYNONYMS
tāra madhye —among them;  vraje —in Vraja;  nānā —various;  bhāva —of moods;  rasa —and of mellows;  bhede —by differences;  kṛṣṇake —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  karāya —cause to do;  rāsa-ādika —beginning with the  rāsa  dance;  līlā —of the pastimes;  āsvāde —tasting.
TRANSLATION
Among them are various groups of consorts in Vraja who have varieties of sentiments and mellows. They help Lord Kṛṣṇa taste all the sweetness of the  rāsa  dance and other pastimes.
PURPORT
As already explained, Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are one in two. They are identical. Kṛṣṇa expands Himself in multi-incarnations and plenary portions like the  puruṣas . Similarly, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī expands Herself in multi-forms as the goddesses of fortune, the queens and the damsels of Vraja. Such expansions from Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī are all Her plenary portions. All these womanly forms of Kṛṣṇa are expansions corresponding to His plenary expansions of Viṣṇu forms. These expansions have been compared to reflected forms of the original form. There is no difference between the original and reflected forms. The female reflections of Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency are as good as Kṛṣṇa Himself.
The plenary expansions of Kṛṣṇa's personality are called  vaibhava-vilāsa  and  vaibhava-prakāśa , and Rādhā's expansions are similarly described. The goddesses of fortune are  vaibhava-vilāsa , and the queens are  vaibhava-prakāśa  of Rādhārāṇī. The