238 Sri Caitanya-caritamyta

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prema-rasa-niryasa karite Gsvadana
raga-marga bhakti loke karite pracarana

rasika-Sekhara krsna parama-karuna
ei dui hetu haite icchara udgama

SYNONYMS

prema-rasa—of the mellow of love of God; nirydsa—the essence; karite—to do;
dsvadana—tasting; rdga-mdrga—the path of spontaneous attraction; bhakti—devo-
tional service; /oke—in the world; karite—to do; pracarana—propagation; rasika-
Sekhara—the supremely jubilant; Arsma—Lord Krsna; porama-karuna—the most
merciful; e/—these; dui—two; hetu—reasons; haite—from; icchdra—of desire; udgama
—the birth.

TRANSLATION

The Lord’s desire to appear was born from two reasons: He wanted to taste the
sweet essence of the mellows of love of God, and He wanted to propagate devotional
service in the world on the platform of spontaneous attraction. Thus He is known
as supremely jubilant and as the most merciful of all.

PURPORT

During the period of Lord Krsna’s appearance the killing of asuras or nonbelievers
such as Karsa and Jarasandha was done by Visnu, who was within the person of Sri
Krsna. Such apparent killing by Lord Sri Krsna was a matter of course as an
incidental activity, but the real purpose of Lord Krsna’s appearance was to stage a
dramatic performance of His transcendental pastimes at Vrajabhimi, thus exhibiting
the highest limit of transcendental mellow in the exchanges of reciprocal love be-
tween the living entity and the Supreme Lord. These reciprocal exchanges of
mellows are called rdga-bhakti, or devotional service to the Lord in transcendental
rapture. Lord Sri Krsna wants to make known to all the conditioned souls that He
is more attracted by rdga-bhakti than vidhi-bhakti, or devotional service under
scheduled regulations. It is said in the Vedas, raso vai sah: the Absolute Truth is
the reservoir for all kinds of reciprocal exchanges of loving sentiments. He is aiso
causelessly merciful, and He wants to bestow upon us this privilege of rdga-bhakti.
Thus He appeared as His own internal energy. He was not forced to appear by any
extraneous force.

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