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The Opulence and Sweetness of Krsna
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SYNONYMS
gopī-bhāva-darapaṇa —the  gopīs'  ecstasy is like a mirror;  nava nava kṣaṇe kṣaṇa —newer and newer at every moment;  tāra āge —in front of that;  kṛṣṇera mādhurya —the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa's beauty;  doṅhe —both;  kare —do;  huḍāhuḍi —struggling together;  bāḍe —increases;  mukha nāhi muḍi —never turning away the faces;  nava nava —newer and newer;  doṅhāra —of both of them;  prācurya —abundance.
TRANSLATION
“Both the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa are complete. The gopīs’ ecstatic love is like a mirror that becomes newer and newer at every moment and reflects Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster and sweetness. Thus competition increases. Since neither give up, their pastimes become newer and newer, and both sides constantly increase.
TEXT 1199
কর্ম, তপ, যোগ, জ্ঞান,                     বিধি-ভক্তি, জপ, ধ্যান, 
ইহা হৈতে মাধুর্য দুর্লভ । 
কেবল যে রাগমার্গে,                     ভজে কৃষ্ণে অনুরাগে, 
তারে কৃষ্ণমাধুর্য স্মৃলভ ॥ ১১৯ ॥
karma, tapa, yoga, jñāna, vidhi-bhakti, japa, dhyāna, ihā haite mādhurya durlabha kevala ye rāga-mārge, bhaje krṣṇe anurāge, tāre krṣṇa-mādhurya sulabha
SYNONYMS
karma —fruitive activities;  tapa —austerities;  yoga —the practice of mystic  yoga ;  jñāna —speculative cultivation of knowledge;  vidhi-bhakti —regulative principles in devotional service;  japa —chanting;  dhyāna —meditation;  ihā haite —from these things;  mādhurya —the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa;  durlabha —very difficult to perceive;  kevala —only;  ye —one;  rāga-mārge —by the path of spontaneous ecstatic love;  bhaje —worships;  kṛṣṇe —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  anurāge —with transcendental feeling;  tāre —unto him;  kṛṣṇa-mādhurya —the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s;  sulabha —very easily appreciated.
TRANSLATION
“The transcendental mellows generated from the dealings between the gopis and Krṣṇa cannot be tasted by fruitive activity, yogic austerities,