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Šri Caitanya -caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 8]
āsām aho caraṇa-reṇu-juṣām ahaṁ  
 syāṁ vṛndāvane kim api gulma-latauṣadhīnām  
 yā dustyajaṁ svajanam ārya-pathaṁ ca hitvā  
 bheiur mukunda-padavīṁ śrutibhir vimrgvām
“Let me become one of the herbs and plants of Vṛndāvana that the  gopīs  trample, giving up all connections with family and friends and deciding to worship the lotus feet of Mukunda. Those lotus feet are sought by all great saintly persons expert in the study of Vedic literature.”
TEXT 2555
‘প্রাবণমধ্যে জীবের কোন শ্রেষ্ঠ প্রাবণ ?’
‘‘‘ राधाकृष्ण-शेषमेकलि कर्ण-रामायन  ॥’’  २०० ॥
‘śravaṇa-madhye jīvera kon śreṣṭha śravaṇa?’ ‘rādhā-kṛṣṇa-prema-keli karṇa-rasāyana’
SYNONYMS
śravaṇa-madhye —out of all topics for hearing;  jīvera —of the living entity;  kon —what;  śreṣṭha —most important;  śravaṇa —topic of hearing;  rādhā-kṛṣṇa-prema-keli —the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa;  karṇa-rasa-ayana —most pleasing to the ear.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Out of all topics people listen to, which is best for all living entities?” Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “Hearing about the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is most pleasing to the ear.”
PURPORT
According to  Šrimad-Bhāgavatam  (10.33.40)::
vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ śraddhānvito ‘nuśṛṇuyād atha varṇayed yaḥ bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ
“He who faithfully hears about the dealings between Lord Kṛṣṇa and the  gopīs  in the  rāsa  dance and he who describes these activities attain to the perfectional stage of devotional service and simultaneously lose material, lusty desires.”