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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 17]
TRANSLATION
Therefore the Lord Himself, accepting the emotional ecstasy of the gopīs, now addresses the son of Nanda Mahārāja, "O master of My life! O My dear husband!"
TEXT 304
সেই কৃষ্ণ, সেই গোপী,—পরম বিরোধ । অচিন্ত্য চরিত্র প্রভুর অতি মুদ্রবোধ ॥ ৩০৪ ॥
sei kṛṣṇa, sei gopī, —parama virodha acintya caritra prabhura ati sudurbodha
SYNONYMS
sei kṛṣṇa —that Kṛṣṇa;  sei gopī —that gopī;  parama virodha —very much contradictory;  acintya —inconceivable;  caritra —character;  prabhura —of the Lord;  ati —very much;  sudurbodha —difficult to understand.
TRANSLATION
He is Kṛṣṇa, yet He has accepted the mood of the gopīs. How is it so? It is the inconceivable character of the Lord, which is very difficult to understand.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa's accepting the part of the  gopīs  is certainly contradictory according to any mundane calculations, but the Lord, by His inconceivable character, may act like the  gopīs  and feel separation from Kṛṣṇa, although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. Such a contradiction can be reconciled only in the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He has energy that is inconceivable ( acintya ), which can make possible that which is impossible to do ( agatān gatān patīyasi ). Such contradictions are very difficult to understand unless a devotee strictly follows the Vaiṣṇava philosophy under the direction of the Gosvāmīs. Therefore Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī ends every chapter with this verse:
śrī-rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇadāsa
"Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps." In a song by Narottama dāsa Thākura it is stated:
rūpa-raghunātha-pade ha-ibe ākuti kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala-pīriti
The conjugal love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, which is called  yugala-pīriti , is not understandable by mundane scholars, artists or poets. It is simply to be understood