राधा कृष्णप्रणयविकृतिर्ह्लादिनीशक्तिरस्मा-
देकात्मानावपि भुवि पुरा देहभेदं गतौ तौ ।
चैतन्याख्यं प्रकटमधुना तद्द्वयं चैक्यमाप्तं
राधाभावद्युतिसुवलितं नौमि कृष्णस्वरूपम् ॥

rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī-śaktir asmād
ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau |
caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptaṁ
rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.5)

“Rādhā is a transformation of Kṛṣṇa’s uninhibited love—[His] hlādinī-śakti.
Thus, although one by nature,
The two [viz., Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa] previously [i.e., beginninglessly] have taken on
A distinction in body
[i.e., existed in two separate bodies] on earth.
Now, those two have attained a manifest oneness
Known as Caitanya.
I praise the form of Kṛṣṇa
Excellently enveloped by the bhāva and luster of Rādhā.”

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