CC Adi 4.74-75
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 74-75
- kṛṣṇa-kāntā-gaṇa dekhi tri-vidha prakāra
- eka lakṣmī-gaṇa, pure mahiṣī-gaṇa āra
- vrajāṅganā-rūpa, āra kāntā-gaṇa-sāra
- śrī-rādhikā haite kāntā-gaṇera vistāra
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa-kāntā-gaṇa — the lovers of Lord Kṛṣṇa; dekhi — I see; tri-vidha — three; prakāra — kinds; eka — one; lakṣmī-gaṇa — the goddesses of fortune; pure — in the city; mahiṣī-gaṇa — the queens; āra — and; vraja-aṅganā — of the beautiful women of Vraja; rūpa — having the form; āra — another type; kāntā-gaṇa — of the lovers; sāra — the essence; śrī-rādhikā haite — from Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kāntā-gaṇera — of the lovers of Kṛṣṇa; vistāra — the expansion.
TRANSLATION
The beloved consorts of Lord Kṛṣṇa are of three kinds: the goddesses of fortune, the queens, and the milkmaids of Vraja, who are the foremost of all. These consorts all proceed from Rādhikā.