298 Sri Caitanya-caritamyta
harir esa na ced avatarisyan
mathuradyam madhuraksi raddhikd ca
abhavisyad iyam vrtha visrstir
makarankas tu visesatas taddatra
SYNONYMS
harih—Lord Krsna; esah—this; na—not; cet—if; avatarisvat— would have descended;
mathurayGm—in Mathura; madhura-aksi—O lovely-eyed (Paurnamasi); radhika—
Srimati Radhika; ca—and; abhavisyat— would have been; iyam—this; vrtha—useless;
visrstin—the whole creation; makara-afkah—the demigod of love, Cupid; tu—then;
visesatah—above all; tada—then; atra—in this.
TRANSLATION
“O Paurnamasi, if Lord Hari had not descended in Mathura with Srimati
Radharani, this entire creation—and especially Cupid, the demigod of love—would
have been useless.”’
PURPORT
This verse is spoken by Sri Vrndadevi in the Vidagdha-madhava (7.3) of Srila Ripa
Gosvami.
TEXTS 119-120
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ei mata purve krsna rasera sadana
yadyapi karila rasa-nirydsa-carvana
tathapi nahila tina vafichita purana
tah@ asvadite yadi karila yatana
SYNONYMS
ei mata—like this; pa@rve—previously; krsna—Lord Krsna; rasera—of mellows;
sadana—the reservoir; yadyapi—even though; karila—did; rasa—of the mellows;
nirydsa—the essence; carvana—chewing; tathdpi— still; nahi/a— was not; tina— three;
vdfichita—desired objects; pirana—fulfilling; taha—that; Gsvadite—to taste; yadi—
though; Rkarila—were made; yatana— efforts.
TRANSLATION
Even though Lord Krsna, the abode of all mellows, had previously in this way
chewed the essence of the mellows of love, still He was unable to fulfill three
desires, although He made efforts to taste them.
