188 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
premera parama-sara ‘mahabhava’ jani
sei mahabhava-rupa radha-thakurani
SYNONYMS
premera—of love of Godhead; parama-sara—the essential part; maha-bhava—
the transcendental ecstasy of the name mahabhava; jani—we know; sei—that;
maha-bhava-rdpa4—the personification of the mahabhdva transcendental ecstasy;
radha-thakurani—Srimatt Radharant.
TRANSLATION
“The essential part of love of Godhead is called mahabhava, transcendental
ecstasy, and that ecstasy is represented by Srimati Radharani.
TEXT 161
weatayrecaacay atiyai Aathesi |
AAS ATACATL BLITSAT GA | sv? Hi
tayor apy ubhayor madhye
radhika sarvathadhika
mahdabhava-svaripeyam
gunair ativariyasi
SYNONYMS
tayoh—of them; api—even; ubhayoh—of both (Candravali and Radharani) ;
madhye—in the middle; radhika—Srimati Radharani; sarvathi—in every way;
adhika—greater; maha-bhdava-svaripa—the form of mahabhava; iyam—this one;
gunaih—with good qualities; ativariyasi—the best of all.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘Among the gopis of Vrndavana, Srimati Radharani and another gopi are
considered chief. However, when we compare the gopis, it appears that
Srimati Radharani is most important because Her real feature expresses the
highest ecstasy of love. The ecstasy of love experienced by the other gopis
cannot be compared to that of Srimati Radharani.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srila Ripa Gosvami's Ujjvala-nilamani (4.3).
