260 Sri Caitanya-caritamyta
SYNONYMS
praudha—matured; nirmala-bhdva—pure condition; prema—love; sarva-uttama—
best of all; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; madhurya-rasa—of the mellow of the conjugal
relationship; dsvdda—of the tasting; karana—the cause.
TRANSLATION

Her pure, mature love surpasses that of all others. Her love is the cause of Lord

Krsna’s tasting the sweetness of the conjugal relationship.
TEXT 50
BHA HE SIA BHA FA’ |
aitfacora fore steel caltate-Blefs ui eo i
ataeva sei bhava angikara kari’
sadhilena nija vanichda gauranga-sri-hari
SYNONYMS

ataeva—therefore; sei bhdva—that mood; angikara kari’—accepting; sadhilena—
fulfilled; nija—His own; vafcha—desire; gauranga—Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sri-
hari—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Therefore Lord Gauranga, who is Sri Hari Himself, accepted the sentiments of

Radha and thus fulfilled His own desires.
PURPORT

Of the four kinds of reciprocation of loving service—da@sya, sakhya, vatsalya and
madhurya—madhurya is considered the fullest. But the conjugal relationship is
further divided into two varieties, namely svakiya and parakiya. Svakiya is the rela-
tionship with Krsna as a formally married husband, and parakiya is the relationship
with Krsna as a paramour. Expert analysts have decided that the transcendental
ecstasy of the parakiya mellow is better because it is more enthusiastic. This phase
of conjugal love is found in those who have surrendered to the Lord in intense love,
knowing well that such illicit love with a paramour is not morally approved in
society. The risks involved in such love of Godhead make this emotion superior to
the relationship in which such risk is not involved. The validity of such risk, however,
is possible only in the transcendental realm. Svakiya and parakiya conjugal love of
Godhead have no existence in the material world, and parakiya is not exhibited
anywhere in Vaikuntha, but only in the portion of Goloka Vrndavana known as
Vraja.

Some devotees think that Krsna is eternally the enjoyer in Goloka Vrndavana but
only sometimes comes to the platform of Vraja to enjoy parakiya-rasa. The six
