Text 150] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 373

TRANSLATION

“Although Krsna assumed the four-armed form of Narayana, He could not
attract the serious attention of the gopis in ecstatic love.

TEXT 150

cAtAats AIIM HATCA STAD Fate Fol
fast ge Face gaat Aetfat: sifHaty |

ai fanafe cawala wa wha gtafegis-
TAs Ts oYfSaywalys atcatTas eS tem

gopinam pasupendra-nandana-juso bhavasya kas tarn krti
vijhadturn ksamate durtiha-padavi-saficarinah prakriyam

aviskurvati vaisnavim api tanurm tasmin bhujair jisnubhir
yasém hanta caturbhir adbhuta-rucirh ragodayah kuficati

SYNONYMS

gopinam—of the gopis; pasupendra-nandana-jusah —of the service of the son
of Vraja’s King, Maharaja Nanda; bhavasya—ecstatic; kah—what; tam—that;
krti—learned man; vijfatum—to understand; ksamate—is able; duriha—very
difficult to understand; padavi—the position; safcadrinah—which provokes;
prakriyam—activity; aviskurvati—He manifests; vaisnavim—of Visnu; api—cer-
tainly; tanum—the body; tasmin—in that; bhujaih—with arms; jisnubhih—very
beautiful; yasam—of whom (the gopis); hanta—alas; caturbhih—four; adbhuta—
wonderfully; rucim—beautiful; réga-udayah—the evoking of ecstatic feelings;
kuficati—cripples.

TRANSLATION

“ ‘Once Lord Sri Krsna playfully manifested Himself as Narayana with four
victorious hands and a very beautiful form. When the gopis saw this exalted
form, however, their ecstatic feelings abated. A learned scholar, therefore,
cannot understand the gopis’ ecstatic feelings, which are firmly centered
upon the original form of Lord Krsna as the son of Nanda Maharaja. The won-
derful feelings of the gopis in ecstatic parama-rasa with Krsna constitute the
greatest mystery of spiritual life.’ ”’

PURPORT

This is a verse spoken by Narada Muni in Lalita-madhava-ndtaka (6.14), a drama
written by Srila Rapa Gosvami. This verse clarifies the verse siddhantatas tv
abhede ‘pi, which Kaviraja Gosvami quotes from Bhakti-rasdmrta-sindhu. Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself spoke it to Vyenkata Bhatta. The verse was quoted
