CC Madhya 8.209 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Madhya-līlā 8.208 - Madhya-līlā 8.210

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 209

rādhāra svarūpa--kṛṣṇa-prema-kalpalatā

sakhī-gaṇa haya tāra pallava-puṣpa-pātā

SYNONYMS

rādhāra svarūpa—the spiritual nature of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kṛṣṇa-prema—of love of Kṛṣṇa; kalpa-latā—a creeper; sakhī-gaṇa—the gopīs; haya—are; tāra—of that creeper; pallava—the twigs; puṣpa—flowers; pātā—and leaves.

TRANSLATION

"By nature, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is just like a creeper of love of Godhead, and the gopīs are the twigs, flowers and leaves of that creeper.

Madhya-līlā 8.208 - Madhya-līlā 8.210