CC Madhya 8.203 (1975)

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

Madhya-līlā 8.202 - Madhya-līlā 8.204-205

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 203

sakhī vinā ei līlā puṣṭa nāhi haya

sakhī līlā vistāriyā, sakhī āsvādaya

SYNONYMS

sakhī vinā—without the gopīs; ei līlā—these pastimes; puṣṭa—nourished; nāhi haya—are never; sakhī—the gopīs; līlā—the pastimes; vistāriyā—expanding; sakhī—the gopīs; āsvādaya—taste this mellow.

TRANSLATION

“Without the gopīs, these pastimes between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa cannot be nourished. Only by their cooperation are such pastimes broadcast. It is their business to taste the mellows.

Madhya-līlā 8.202 - Madhya-līlā 8.204-205