298 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 14
dane nor erotic. Being a sannyasi, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very strict in His
dealings with women. Unless the gopis were on the spiritual platform, Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu would have never even mentioned them to Svariipa
Damodara Gosvami. Therefore these descriptions do not at all pertain to material
activity.
TEXT 159
ata’ as carAate, “afer? qe ate |
Aa-SlC] FATA BCR AA SAHA i sed ll
‘vama’ eka gopi-gana, ‘daksina’ eka gana
nana-bhave karadya krsne rasa asvadana
SYNONYMS
vamd—left wing; eka—one; gopi-gana—party of gopis; daksind—right wing;
eka—another; gana—party of gopis; ndna-bhave—in varieties of ecstatic love;
karaya—cause to do; krsne—unto Krsna; rasa 4svadana—tasting of transcenden-
tal mellows.
TRANSLATION
“The gopis can be divided into a left wing and a right wing. Both wings in-
duce Krsna to taste transcendental mellows by various manifestations of
ecstatic love.
TEXT 160
CHT Matsl-s1CHs CH TTS EMT |
farsey-Goeet-aA-cela-AKaA | sve t
gopi-gana-madhye srestha radha-thakurani
nirmala-ujjvala-rasa-prema-ratna-khani
SYNONYMS
_ gopi-gana-madhye—of all the gopis; srestha—the chief; radha-thakurani—
Stimati. Radharani; nirmala—purified; ujjvala—brilliant; rasa—in mellows;
prema—of ecstatic love; ratna-khani—the jewel mine.
TRANSLATION
“Of all the gopis, Srimati Radharani is the chief. She is a jewel mine of
ecstatic love and the source of all purified transcendental conjugal mellows.
