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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 8]
premera parama-sāra ‘mahābhāva’ jāni sei mahābhāva-rūpā rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī
SYNONYMS
premera —of love of Godhead;  parama-sāra —the essential part;  mahā-bhāva —the transcendental ecstasy of the name  mahābhāva ;  jāni —we know;  sei —that;  mahā-bhāva-rūpā —the personification of the  mahābhāva  transcendental ecstasy;  rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī —Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
TRANSLATION
“The essential part of love of Godhead is called mahābhāva, transcendental ecstasy, and that ecstasy is represented by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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তয়োরপ্যুভয়োর্মধ্যে রাধিকা সর্বথাধিকা। মহাভাবস্বরূপেয়ং গুণেরতিবরীয়সী ॥ ১৬১ ॥
tayor apy ubhayor madhye rādhikā sarvathādhikā mahābhāva-svarūpeyaṁ guṇaiḥ ativarīyasī
SYNONYMS
tayoḥ —of them;  api —even;  ubhayoḥ —of both (Candrāvalī and Rādhārāṇī);  madhye —in the middle;  rādhikā —Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;  sarvathā —in every way;  adhikā —greater;  mahā-bhāva-svarūpa —the form of  mahābhāva ;  iyam —this one;  guṇaiḥ —with good qualities;  ativarīyasī —the best of all.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘Among the gopīs of Vṛndāvana, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and another gopī are considered chief. However, when we compare the gopīs, it appears that Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is most important because Her real feature expresses the highest ecstasy of love. The ecstasy of love experienced by the other gopīs cannot be compared to that of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s  Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi  (4.3).