178 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
FiqS-DT-a ACSI
ateicaaty fagsafs yey
akhila-rasamrta-martih
prastmara-ruci-ruddha- tarakd-palih
kalita-syama-lalito
radha-preyan vidhur jayati
SYNONYMS
akhila-rasa-amrta-murtih—the reservoir of all pleasure, in which exist the
mellows, namely santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and mdadhurya; prasrmara—
spreading forth; ruci—by His bodily luster; ruddha—who has subjugated;
taraka—the gopi named Taraka; palih—the gopi named Pali; kalita—who has ab-
sorbed; syama—the gopi named Syama; lalitah—and the gopi named Lalita;
radha-preyan —dearmost to Srimati Radharani; vidhuh—Krsna, the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; jayati—all glories to.
TRANSLATION
“‘Let Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, be glorified! By virtue of
His expanding attractive features, He subjugated the gopis named Taraka and
Pali and absorbed Syami and Lalita. He is the most attractive lover of Srimati
Radharani and is the reservoir of pleasure for all devotional mellows.’
PURPORT
Everyone has a particular transcendental mellow by which he loves and serves
Krsna. Krsna is the most attractive feature for every kind of devotee. He is
therefore called akhila-rasamrta-murti, the transcendental form of attraction for all
kinds of devotees, whether the devotee be in the santa-rasa, dasya-rasa, sakhya-
rasa, madhurya-rasa or vatsalya-rasa.
This is the opening verse of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu by Srila Ripa Gosvami.
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srngara-rasaraja-maya-murti-dhara
ataeva 4tma-paryanta-sarvacitta-hara
SYNONYMS
srngara-rasa-raja-maya—consisting of the mellow of conjugal love, which is the
king of mellows; mudrti-dhara—Krsna, the personified reservoir of all pleasure;
