CC Adi 4.146 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 146
- aparikalita-pūrvaḥ kaś camatkāra-kārī
- sphurati mama garīyān eṣa mādhurya-pūraḥ
- ayam aham api hanta prekṣya yaṁ lubdha-cetāḥ
- sarabhasam upabhoktuṁ kāmaye rādhikeva
SYNONYMS
aparikalita—not experienced; pūrvaḥ—previously; kaḥ—who; camatkāra-kārī—causing wonder; sphurati—manifests; mama—My; garīyān—more great; eṣaḥ—this; mādhurya-pūraḥ—abundance of sweetness; ayam—this; aham—I; api—even; hanta—alas; prekṣya—seeing; yam—which; lubdha-cetāḥ—My mind being bewildered; sa-rabhasam—impetuously; upabhoktum—to enjoy; kāmaye—desire; rādhikā iva—like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
TRANSLATION
“Who manifests an abundance of sweetness greater than Mine, which has never been experienced before and which causes wonder to all? Alas, I Myself, My mind bewildered upon seeing this beauty, impetuously desire to enjoy it like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.”
PURPORT
This text is from the Lalita-mādhava (8.34) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. It was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa when He saw the beauty of His own reflection in a jeweled fountain in Dvārakā.