148 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8

SYNONYMS
yatha—just as; radha—Srimati Radharani; priya—very dear; visnoh—to Lord
Krsna; tasyah—Her; kundam—bathing place; priyam—very dear; tatha—so also;
sarva-gopisu—among all the gopis; sa—She; eva—certainly; eka—alone;
visnoh—of Lord Krsna; atyanta-vallabhd—very dear.

TRANSLATION

“Just as Srimati Radharani is most dear to Sri Krsna, Her bathing place
known as Radha-kunda is also dear to Him. Among all the gopis, Srimati
Radharani is supermost and very dear to Lord Krsna.’

PURPORT

This verse is from the Padma Purana and is included in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta
(2.45), by Srila Rapa Gosvami. It also appears in Adi-lila, Chapter Four, verse 215,
and again in Madhya-lila, Chapter Eighteen, verse 8.

TEXT 100

Haatatecai qa Sats Vas aa |
cal faery cottfam: ACS VAAATAR yee |

anayaradhito nadnam
bhagavan harir isvarah

yan no vihaya govindah
prito yam anayad rahah

SYNONYMS
anaya—by Her; dradhitah—worshiped; ntinam—indeed; bhagavan—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; harih—Krsna; isvarah—the Lord; yat—from
which; nah—us; vihaya—rejecting; govindah—Lord Sri Krsna; pritah—satisfied;
yam—whom; anayat—brought; rahah—a secluded place.

TRANSLATION

“(When the gopis began to talk among themselves, they said, ‘Dear friends,
the gopi who has been taken away by Krsna to a secluded place must have
worshiped the Lord more than anyone else.’ ”

PURPORT

The name Radha is derived from this verse (Bhag. 10.30.28), from the word
anaydaradhitah, meaning “by Her the Lord is worshiped.” Sometimes the critics of
