56 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 23
TRANSLATION
“«Srimati Radharani’s twenty-five chief transcendental qualities are:
(1) She is very sweet. (2) She is always freshly youthful. (3) Her eyes are
restless. (4) She smiles brightly. (5) She has beautiful, auspicious lines.
(6) She makes Krsna happy with Her bodily aroma. (7) She is very expert in
singing. (8) Her speech is charming. (9) She is very expert in joking and
speaking pleasantly. (10) She is very humble and meek. (11) She is always
full of mercy. (12) She is cunning. (13) She is expert in executing Her duties.
(14) She is shy. (15) She is always respectful. (16) She is always calm.
(17) She is always grave. (18) She is expert in enjoying life. (19) She is situ-
ated at the topmost level of ecstatic love. (20) She is the reservoir of loving
affairs in Gokula. (21) She is the most famous of submissive devotees.
(22) She is very affectionate to elderly people. (23) She is very submissive to
the love of Her friends. (24) She is the chief gopi. (25) She always keeps
Krsna under Her control. In short, She possesses unlimited transcendental
qualities, just as Lord Krsna does.’
PURPORT
These verses are also found in Ujjvala-nilamani, Sri-radha-prakarana (11-15).
TEXT 92
ane, aifre,—ge acHa Sere |
CHE Ge Cals, Atel, GrmeMAHA I D2 1
nayaka, nayikaé, —dui rasera ‘alambana’
sei dui srestha, —radha, vrajendra-nandana
SYNONYMS
nayaka—hero; nayiki—heroine; dui—two; rasera—of mellows; dlambana—
the basis; sei—those; dui—two; srestha—chief; radha—Srimati Radharani; vra-
jendra-nandana—and Krsna, the son of Maharaja Nanda.
TRANSLATION
“The basis of all transcendental mellows is the hero and the heroine, and
Srimati Radharani and Lord Krsna, the son of Maharaja Nanda, are the best.
TEXT 93
GVAS HCD HA, ACY AN |
TeAceGT Atel Psi TaN I ye II
