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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
harir eṣa na ced avātariṣyan mathurāyāṁ madhurākṣi rādhikā ca abhaviṣyad iyaṁ vṛthā visṛṣṭir makarāṅkas tu viśeṣatas tadātra
SYNONYMS
hariḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa; eṣaḥ—this; na—not; cet—if; avātariṣyat—would have descended; mathurāyām—in Mathurā; madhura-akṣi—O lovely-eyed (Paurṇamāsī); rādhikā—Śrīmatī Rādhikā; ca—and; abhaviṣyat—would have been; iyam—this; vṛthā—useless; visṛṣṭiḥ—the whole creation; makara-aṅkaḥ—the demigod of love, Cupid; tu—then; viśeṣataḥ—above all; tadā—then; atra—in this.
TRANSLATION
“O Paurṇamāsī, if Lord Hari had not descended in Mathurā with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, this entire creation—and especially Cupid, the demigod of love—would have been useless.”
PURPORT
This verse is spoken by Śrī Vṛndādevī in the  Vidagdha-mādhava  (7.3) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
TEXTS 119-120
এই মত পূর্বে কৃষ্ণ রসের সদন ।  
 যজ্ঞপি করিল রস-নির্যাস-চর্বণ ॥ ১১৯ ॥  
 তথাপি নহিল তিন বাঞ্ছিত পূরণ ।  
 তাহা আস্বাদিতে যদি করিল যতন ॥ ১২০ ॥
ei mata pūrve kṛṣṇa rasera sadana yadyapi karila rasa-niryāsa-carvaṇa
tathāpi nahila tina vāñchita pūraṇa tāhā āsvādite yadi karila yatana
SYNONYMS
ei mata—like this; pūrve—previously; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; rasera—of mellows; sadana—the reservoir; yadyapi—even though; karila—did; rasa—of the mellows; niryāsa—the essence; carvaṇa—chewing; tathāpi—still; nahila—was not; tina—three; vāñchita—desired objects; pūraṇa—fulfilling; tāhā—that; āsvādite—to taste; yadi—though; karila—were made; yatana—efforts.
TRANSLATION
Even though Lord Kṛṣṇa, the abode of all mellows, had previously in this way chewed the essence of the mellows of love, still He was unable to fulfill three desires, although He made efforts to taste them.