Texts  204-51  Talks Between the Lord and Rāmānanda Rāya
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sakhī vinā ei lilā puṣṭa nāhi haya
sakhī lilā vistārivā, sakhī āsvādava
SYNONYMS
sakhī   vinā —without the  gopīs ;  ei līlā —these pastimes;  puṣṭa —nounished;  nāhi haya —are never;  sakhī —the  gopīs ;  līlā —the pastimes;  vistāriyā —expanding;  sakhī —the  gopīs ;  āsvādaya —taste this mellow.
TRANSLATION
“Without the gopīs, these pastimes between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa cannot be nourished. Only by their cooperation are such pastimes broadcast. It is their business to taste the mellows.
TEXTS 204-205
সখী বিনা এই লীলায় অক্সের নাছি গতি। সখীভাবে যে তাঁরে করে অনুগতি ॥ ২০৪ ॥ রাধাকৃষ্ণ-কুঞ্জসেবা-সাধ্য সেই পায়। সেই সাধ্য পাইতে আর নাছিক উপায় ॥ ২০৫ ॥
sakhī vinā ei lilāya anyera nāhi gati sakhī-bhāve ye tāṅre kare anugati
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-kuñjasevā-sādhya sei pāya sei sādhya pāite āra nāhika upāya
SYNONYMS
sakhī vinā —without the  gopīs ;  ei līlāya —in these pastimes;  anyera —of others;  nāhi —there is not;  gati —entrance;  sakhī-bhāve —in the mood of the  gopīs ;  ye —anyone who;  tāṅre —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kare —does;  anugati —following;  rādhā-kṛṣṇa —of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa;  kuñja-sevā —of service in the  kuñjas , or gardens, of Vṛndāvana;  sādhya —the goal;  sei pāya —he gets;  sei —that;  sādhya —achievement;  pāite —to receive;  āra —other;  nāhika —there is not;  upāya —means.
TRANSLATION
“Without the help of the gopīs, one cannot enter into these pastimes. Only he who worships the Lord in the ecstasy of the gopīs, following in their footsteps, can engage in the service of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in the bushes of Vṛndāvana. Only then can one understand the conjugal love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. There is no other procedure for understanding.