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Performance of the Vrndāvana Pastimes
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TEXT 1611
বয়সে ‘মধ্যমা’ তেঁহো স্বভাবেতে ‘সমা’ । 
গাঢ় প্রেমভাবে তেঁহো নিরন্তর ‘বামা’ ॥ ১৬১ ॥
vayase ‘madhyamā’ teṅho svabhāvete ‘samā’ gāḍha prema-bhāve teṅho nirantara ‘vāmā’
SYNONYMS
vayase  madhyamā —grown up;  teṅho —Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;  sva-bhāvete —in character;  samā —equipoised;  gāḍha —deep;  prema-bhāve —in ecstatic love;  teṅho —She;  nirantara —constantly;  vāmā —of the group of the left-wing  gopīs .
TRANSLATION
“Rādhārāṇī is grown up, and Her character is equipoised. She is always deeply absorbed in ecstatic love and always feeling in the mood of a left-wing gopī.
PURPORT
The left wing and right wing of the  gopīs  has been explained by Rūpa Gosvāmī in  Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi . The left wing is described in this way:
mana-grahe sadodyuktā tac-chaithilye ca kopanā abhedyā nāyake prāyaḥ krūrā vāmeti kīrtyate
“A  gopī  who is always eager to be jealously angered, who is very enthusiastic for that position, who immediately becomes angry when defeated, who is never under the control of a hero and who always opposes Him is called  vāmā , or a left-wing  gopī .”
Šrila Rūpa Gosvāmī describes the right-wing  gopīs  in this way:
asahyā māna-nirbandhe nāyake yukta-vādinī sāmabhis tena bhedyā ca dakṣiṇā parikīrtitā
“A  gopī  who cannot tolerate womanly anger, who speaks suitable words to the hero and who is satisfied by His sweet words is called a  dakṣiṇā , or a right-wing  gopī .”