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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 13
TRANSLATION
Having taken permission from the goddess of fortune, the Lord came out to ride on the Ratha car and perform His pastimes for the pleasure of the devotees.
PURPORT
In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Țhākura comments that as an ideal husband, Lord Jagannātha remained fifteen days in a secluded place with His wife, the supreme goddess of fortune. Nonetheless, the Lord wanted to come out of seclusion to give happiness to His devotees. The Lord enjoys Himself in two ways, known as  svakīya  and  parakīya . The Lord's conjugal love in the  svakīya-rasa  relates to the regulative principles observed in Dvārakā. There the Lord has many married queens, but in Vṛndāvana the conjugal love of the Lord is not with His married wives but with His girl friends, the  gopīs . Conjugal love with the  gopīs  is called  parakīya-rasa . Lord Jagannātha leaves the secluded place where He enjoys the company of the supreme goddess of fortune in  svakīya-rasa , and He goes to Vṛndāvana where He enjoys the  parakīya-rasa . Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Țhākura therefore reminds us that the Lord's pleasure in  parakīya-rasa  is superior to His pleasure in  svakīya-rasa .
In the material world,  parakīya-rasa , or loving affairs with unmarried girl friends, is a most degraded relationship, but in the spiritual world this type of loving affair is considered the supreme enjoyment. In the material world everything is but a reflection of the spiritual world, and that reflection is perverted. We cannot understand the affairs of the spiritual world on the basis of our experience in the material world. The Lord's pastimes with the  gopīs  are therefore misunderstood by mundane scholars and word-wranglers. The  parakīya-rasa  of the spiritual world should not be discussed except by one who is very advanced in pure devotional service. The  parakīya-rasa  in the spiritual world and that in the material world are not comparable. The former is like gold, and the latter is like iron. Because the difference between the two is so great, they cannot actually be compared. However, one can easily distinguish the value of gold by seeing the value of iron. One who has the proper realization can easily distinguish the transcendental activities of the spiritual world from
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সূক্ষ্ম শ্বেতবালু পথে পুলিনের সম। 
তুই দিকে টোটা, সব—যেন বৃন্দাবন ॥ ২৫ ॥
sükşma śveta-bālu pathe pulinera sama dui dike totā, saba—yena vṛndāvana