280 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

bahu kantda vind nahe rasera ullasa
lilara sahaya lagi’ bahuta prakdsa

SYNONYMS

bahu—many; Rkadntd—lovers; vind—without; nahe—there is not; rasera—of mellow;
ullasa—exultation; /flara—of pastimes; sahdya—helper; /agi’—for the purpose of
being; bahuta— many; prakdsa—manifestations.

TRANSLATION

Without many consorts, there is not such exultation in rasa. Therefore there are
many manifestations of Srimati Radharani to assist in the Lord’s pastimes.

TEXT 81

Gla TMT ACH Aaa] SlA-AA-CSCH |
SUCH SAA Arai fesse vd |

tara madhye vraje nand@ bhava-rasa-bhede
krsnake karaya rasddika-lilasvade

SYNONYMS

tara madhye—among them; vraje—in Vraja; nand—various; bhdva—of moods; rasa
—and of mellows; bhede—by differences; krsnake—Lord Krsna; kardya—cause to do;
rasa-ddika— beginning with the rdsa dance; /i/Gd—of the pastimes; dsva@de—tasting.

TRANSLATION

Among them are various groups of consorts in Vraja who have varieties of
sentiments and mellows. They help Lord Krsna taste all the sweetness of the rasa
dance and other pastimes.

PURPORT

As already explained, Krsna and Radha are one in two. They are identical. Krsna
expands Himself in multi-incarnations and plenary portions like the purusas. Simi-
larly, Srimat? Radharani expands Herself in multi-forms as the goddesses of fortune,
the queens and the damsels of Vraja. Such expansions from Srimati Radharani are
all Her plenary portions. All these womanly forms of Krsna are expansions corre-
sponding to His plenary expansions of Visnu forms. These expansions have been
compared to reflected forms of the original form. There is no difference between
the original and reflected forms. The female reflections of Krsna’s pleasure potency
are as good as Krsna Himself.

The plenary expansions of Krsna’s personality are called vaibhava-vilasa and
vaibhava-prakdsa, and Radha’s expansions are similarly described. The goddesses of
fortune are vaibhava-vildsa, and the queens are vaibhava-prakdsa of Radharani. The
