Text 276] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 401

santa, the marginal stage of devotional service, there is no activity. But above the
santa humor are servitude, friendship, paternal affection and conjugal love, which
represent the gradual growth of devotional service to higher and higher platforms.

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sva-mddhurya radha-prema-rasa adsvadite
radha-bhava angi kariyache bhala-mate

SYNONYMS

sva-ma@dhurya—His own conjugal love; rédhd-prema-rasa—the mellow of the
loving affairs between Radharani and Krsna; asva@dite—to taste; radha-bhava—
the mood of Srimati Radharant; ang? RariyGche—He accepted; bhG/a-mate—very well.

TRANSLATION

To taste the mellow quality of Srimati Radharani's loving affairs in Her relation-
ship with Krsna, and to understand the reservoir of pleasure in Kcsna, Krsna Himself,
as Set Caitanya Mahaprabhu, accepted the mood of Radharani.

PURPORT

In this connection Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his
Anubhasya, “Sri Gaurasundara is Krsna Himself with the attitude of Srimati
Radharani. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu never gave up the attitude of the gopis. He
remained everlastingly predominated by Krsna and never accepted the part of the
predominator by imitating conjugal love with an ordinary woman, as sahajiyas
generally do. He never placed Himself in the position of a debauchee. Lusty
materialists like the members of the sahajiyd-samprad@ya hanker after women,
even others’ wives. But when they try to ascribe the responsibility for their lusty
activities to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they become offenders to Svarupa Damodara
and Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura. In Sr7 Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanga, Chapter
Fifteen, it is said:

sabe para-strira prati nahi parihasa
str? dekhi' dire prabhu hayena eka-pasa

‘Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu never even joked with others’ wives. As soon as He sawa
woman coming, He would immediately give her ample room to pass without talking.’
He was extremely strict regarding the association of women. The sahajiyds, however,
pose as followers of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, although they indulge in lusty
affairs with women. In His youth Lord Caitanya was very humorous with everyone,
but He never joked with any woman, nor in this incarnation did He talk about
women. The gaurafga-nagari party is not approved by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or
