रासो हि तस्य भगवत्त्वविशेषगोप्यः
सर्वस्वसारपरिपाकमयो व्यनक्ति ।
उत्कृष्टतमाधुरीमापरसीमनिष्ठां
लक्ष्म्या मनोरथशतैरपि यो दुरापः ॥
rāso hi tasya bhagavattva-viśeṣa-gopyaḥ
sarvasva-sāra-paripākamayo vyanakti |
utkṛṣṭata-mādhurīmāpara-sīma-niṣṭhāṁ
lakṣmyā manoratha-śatair api yo durāpaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.150)
“Rāsa, the confidential, special feature of his Bhagavattva [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s ‘Bhagavān-hood’] constituted of the complete perfection of the essence of his whole being which is difficult to attain [even] for Lakṣmī even with hundreds of yearnings divulges the culmination of the ultimate limit of the sweetness of his excellence.”