Madhya 9.150
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গোপীনাং পশুপেন্দ্রনন্দনজুষো ভাবস্য কস্তাং কৃতী
বিজ্ঞাতুং ক্ষমতে দুরূহপদবীসঞ্চারিণঃ প্রক্রিয়াম্ । আবিষ্কুর্বতি বৈষ্ণবীমপি তনুং তস্মিন্ ভুজৈর্জিষ্ণুভি- র্যাসাং হন্ত চতুর্ভিরদ্ভুতরুচিং রাগোদয়ঃ কুঞ্চতি ॥ ১৫০ ॥ gopinam pasupendra-nandana-juso bhavasya kas tam krti
vijnatum ksamate duruha-padavi-sancarinah prakriyam
aviskurvati vaisnavim api tanum tasmin bhujair jisnubhir
yasam hanta caturbhir adbhuta-rucim ragodayah kuncati
SYNONYMS
gopinam-of the gopis; pasupa-indra-nandana-jusah-of the service of the son of Vraja's King, Maharaja Nanda; bhavasya-ecstatic; kah-what; tam-that; krti-learned man; vijnatum-to understand; ksamate-is able; duruha-very difficult to understand; padavi-the position; sancarinah-which provokes; prakriyam-activity; aviskurvati-He manifests; vaisnavim-of Visnu; api-certainly; tanum-the body; tasmin-in that; bhujaih-with arms; jisnubhih-very beautiful; yasam-of whom (the gopis); hanta-alas; caturbhih-four; adbhuta-wonderfully; rucim-beautiful; raga-udayah-the evoking of ecstatic feelings; kuncati-cripples.
TRANSLATION
" 'Once Lord Sri Krsna playfully manifested Himself as Narayana with four victorious hands and a very beautiful form. When the gopis saw this exalted form, however, their ecstatic feelings abated. A learned scholar, therefore, cannot understand the gopis ecstatic feelings, which are firmly centered upon the original form of Lord Krsna as the son of Nanda Maharaja. The wonderful feelings of the gopis in ecstatic parama-rasa with Krsna constitute the greatest mystery of spiritual life.'"
PURPORT
This is a verse spoken by Narada Muni in Lalita-madhava-nataka (6.14), a drama written by Srila Rupa Gosvami. This verse clarifies the verse siddhantatas tv abhede 'pi, which Kaviraja Gosvami quotes from Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself spoke it to Vyeṅkata Bhatta. The verse was quoted by Lord Caitanya long before Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu was composed, and in this regard Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura points out that all these verses were current at the time and were quoted by devotees long before Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu was composed.
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