CC Madhya 8.209
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 209
- rādhāra svarūpa—kṛṣṇa-prema-kalpalatā
- sakhī-gaṇa haya tāra pallava-puṣpa-pātā
SYNONYMS
rādhāra svarūpa — the spiritual nature of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kṛṣṇa-prema — of love of Kṛṣṇa; kalpa-latā — a creeper; sakhī-gaṇa — the gopīs; haya — are; tāra — of that creeper; pallava — the twigs; puṣpa — flowers; pātā — and leaves.
TRANSLATION
“By nature, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is just like a creeper of love of Godhead, and the gopīs are the twigs, flowers and leaves of that creeper.