Madhya 8.99

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যথা রাধা প্রিয়া বিষ্ণোস্তস্যাঃ কুণ্ডং প্রিয়ং তথা ।
সর্বগোপীষু সৈবৈকা বিষ্ণোরত্যন্তবল্লভা ॥ ৯৯ ॥

yatha radha priya visnos

tasyah kundam priyam tatha

sarva-gopisu saivaika

visnor atyanta-vallabha

SYNONYMS

yatha-just as; radha-Srimati Radharani; priya-very dear; visnoh-to Lord Krsna; tasyah-Her; kundam-bathing place; priyam-very dear; tatha-so also; sarva-gopisu-among all the gopis; sa-She; eva-certainly; eka-alone; visnoh-of Lord Krsna; atyanta-vallabha-very dear.

TRANSLATION

" 'Just as Srimati Radharani is most dear to Sri Krsna, Her bathing place known as Radha-kunda is also dear to Him. Among all the gopis, Srimati Radharani is supermost and very dear to Lord Krsna.'

This verse is from the Padma Purana and is included in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (2.45), by Srila Rupa Gosvami. It also appears in Adi-lila, Chapter Four, verse 215, and again in Madhya-lila, Chapter Eighteen, verse 8.

[Madhya 18.8]