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- Read on →: rādhā-mādhavayor aikyāt tat-tad-bhāva-vibhāvitaḥ
rādhā-mādhavayor aikyāt tat-tad-bhāva-vibhāvitaḥ |
tat-tal-līlānukaraṇaṁ gaurāṅgaḥ samadarśayat ||
(Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-caritāmṛta: 4.8.10)“Absorbed in their bhāvas on account of the unity of Rādhā and Mādhava [in him], Gaurāṅga exhibited emulation of their līlās.”
- Read on →: jñāto’si bhagavān sākṣāt śrī-kṛṣṇa-bhakta-rūpa-dhṛk
jñāto’si bhagavān sākṣāt śrī-kṛṣṇa-bhakta-rūpa-dhṛk |
śrī-rādhā-bhāvam āpanno mādhurya-rasa-lampaṭaḥ ||
(Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.15.23)“You are known to be Bhagavān in person bearing the form of a bhakta of Śrī Kṛṣṇa—[to be] the Coveter of mādhurya-rasa possessed of the bhāva of Śrī Rādhā.”
- Read on →: meru-sundara-tanū rasikeśaḥ kṛṣṇa-nāma-guṇa-kīrtana-mattaḥ
meru-sundara-tanū rasikeśaḥ kṛṣṇa-nāma-guṇa-kīrtana-mattaḥ |
rādhikā-rasa-vinoda-gadgada-prema-vāri-paripūrita-dehaḥ ||
(Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.15.18)“His figure beautiful like [the golden Mount] Meru, the best of relishers of rasa, inebriated by chanting the names and qualities of Kṛṣṇa, stammering with the delight of Rādhikā’s rasa, his body completely drenched by tears of prema, … ”
- Read on →: kāścid vidagdhāḥ sphuṭam eva cāhur
kāścid vidagdhāḥ sphuṭam eva cāhur
gopāṅganā-bhāva-vibhāvito’sau |
śrī-nanda-putraḥ svayam āvirāsīt
sannyāsa-veśena sva-kārya-sādhakaḥ ||
(Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.1.18)“Some astute ladies [then] clearly said, ‘Absorbed in the bhāva of the gopīs, he, the blessed Son of Nanda himself, has appeared and is accomplishing his own aims in the garb of a sannyāsī.”
- Read on →: gopī-bhāvair dāsa-bhāvair īśa-bhāvaiḥ kvacit kvacit
gopī-bhāvair dāsa-bhāvair īśa-bhāvaiḥ kvacit kvacit |
ātma-tantraḥ svātma-rataḥ śikṣayan svajanān ayam ||
(Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.3.17)“With the bhāvas of a gopī, the bhāvas of a servant, and the bhāvas of the Lord from time to time [i.e., at various times adopting these various bhāvas] he who is self-sufficient and satisfied within his own self [i.e., Bhagavān Caitanya Mahāprabhu] taught his own people.”
- Read on →: gavāṁ hāmbā-rāvaiḥ sulalitataraṁ moha-muralī
gavāṁ hāmbā-rāvaiḥ sulalitataraṁ moha-muralī-
kalaṁ līlā-gīta-svara-madhura-rāgeṇa kalitam |
jagad-vailakṣaṇyācita-vividha-bhaṅgi-vilasitaṁ
vrajasthānāṁ teṣāṁ sapadi paramākarṣa-valitam ||
yasmāt sasrus taru-vitatito dīrgha-dhārā rasānāṁ
ghoṣa-sthānām api tanu-bhṛtāṁ netrato’śru-pravāhaḥ |
tan-mātṝṇām api vivayasāṁ kṣīra-pūraḥ stanebhyaḥ
kālindyāś ca pracala-payasāṁ te nyavartanta vegāḥ ||
na jāne sā vaṁśy udgirati garalaṁ vāmṛta-rasaṁ
na jāne tan-nādo’py aśaṇi-paruṣo vāmbu-mṛdulaḥ |
na jāne cātyuṣṇo jvalita-dahanād vendu-śiśiro
yato jātonmādā mumuhur akhilās te vraja-janāḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.6.46–48)“[I heard] The soft sound of an enchanting flute,
Greatly delightful [as it blended] with the sounds of the mooing of cows,
Furnished with sweet melodies (rāgas) of sportively sung notes,
Embellished with various modalities [i.e., manners of modulation, etc.]
Filled with otherworldliness,
And instantly possessed
Of paramount attraction of those residents of Vraja.^
Because of it,
Long streams of sap
Poured out from clusters of trees,
Streams of tears [poured out] from the eyes
Of all embodied beings—
Even those situated [at a distance] in the village,
Streams of milk [poured out] from the breasts
Of all his [i.e., Kṛṣṇa’s] mothers—
Even the elderly,
And the rapids
Of the Kālindī’s swiftly flowing waters
Reverted.
I do not know
Whether that flute
Emits poison or nectar.
I do not know
Whether even the sound of it
Is as harsh as thunder
Or as soft as water.
And I do not know
Whether it is hotter than a blazing fire
Or cooler than the moon;
All those people of Vraja
Became maddened and bewildered by it.”