Ādi 4.118

TEXT 118

TEXT

হরিরেষ ন চেদবাতরিষ্য-
ন্মথুরায়াং মধুরাক্ষি রাধিকা চ ।
অভবিষ্যদিয়ং বৃথা বিসৃষ্টি-
র্মকরাঙ্কস্তু বিশেষতস্তদাত্র ॥ ১১৮ ॥

harir esa na ced avatarisyan

mathurayam madhuraksi radhika ca

abhavisyad iyam vrtha visrstir

makaraṅkas tu visesatas tadatra

SYNONYMS

harih-Lord Krsna; esah-this; na-not; cet-if; avatarisyat-would have descended; mathurayam-in Mathura; madhura-aksi-O lovely-eyed (Paurnamasi); radhika-Srimati Radhika; ca-and; abhavisyat-would have been; iyam-this; vrtha-useless; visrstih-the whole creation; makara-aṅkah-the demigod of love, Cupid; tu-then; visesatah-above all; tada-then; atra-in this.

TRANSLATION

"O Paurnamasi, if Lord Hari had not descended in Mathura with Srimati Radharani, this entire creation-and especially Cupid, the demigod of love-would have been useless."

PURPORT

This verse is spoken by Sri Vrndadevi in the Vidagdha-madhava (7.3) of Srila Rupa Gosvami.

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