Text 170] Ripa Gosvami’s Meeting with the Lord 95

valuable jewels. All glories to the vibration of His flute, for it is cunningly
breaking the patience of chaste ladies by loosening their belts and tight
dresses.’

PURPORT

This verse from Lalita-madhava (1.49) is spoken by Lalitadevi to Radharani.

TEXT 169
aaincwt ara: BAqaS Aa TIA
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wats SeraBIrMaAy qari fae lo-
fafous atetats feats fra ans fanafe isvan

balad aksnor laksmih kavalayati navyarn kuvalayam
mukhollasah phullam kamala-vanam ullanghayati ca

dasarh kastam astd-padam api nayaty angika-rucir
vicitram radhayah kim api kila rapam vilasati

SYNONYMS

balat—by force; aksnoh—of the two eyes; laksmih—the beauty; kavalayati—
devours; navyam—newly awakened; kuvalayam—lotus flower; mukha-ullasah—
the beauty of the face; phullam—fructified; kamala-vanam—a forest of lotus
flowers; ullanghayati—surpasses; ca—also; dasém—to a situation; kastam—
painful; asta-padam—gold; api—even; nayati—brings; angika-rucih—the luster
of the body; vicitram—wonderful; radhayah—of Srimati Radharani; kim api—
some; kila—certainly; rGpam—the beauty; vilasati—manifests.

TRANSLATION

“The beauty of Srimati Radharani’s eyes forcibly devours the beauty of
newly grown blue lotus flowers, and the beauty of Her face surpasses that of
an entire forest of fully blossomed lotuses. Her bodily luster seems to place
even gold in a painful situation. Thus the wonderful, unprecedented beauty of
Srimati Radharani is awakening in Vrndavana’

PURPORT
This verse is from Vidagdha-mdadhava (1.32). It is spoken by Paurnamasi.

TEXT 170
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