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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 74-75

kṛṣṇa-kāntā-gaṇa dekhi tri-vidha prakāra
eka lakṣmī-gaṇa, pure mahiṣī-gaṇa āra
vrajāṅganā-rūpa, āra kāntā-gaṇa-sāra
śrī-rādhikā haite kāntā-gaṇera vistāra

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa-kāntā-gaṇa—the lovers of Lord Kṛṣṇa; dekhi—I see; tri-vidha—three; prakāra—kinds; eka—one; lakṣmī-gaṇa—the goddesses of fortune; pure—in the city; mahiṣī-gaṇa—the queens; āra—and; vraja-aṅganā—of the beautiful women of Vraja; rūpa—having the form; āra—another type; kāntā-gaṇa—of the lovers; sāra—the essence; śrī-rādhikā haite—from Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kāntā-gaṇera—of the lovers of Kṛṣṇa; vistāra—the expansion.

TRANSLATION

The beloved consorts of Lord Kṛṣṇa are of three kinds: the goddesses of fortune, the queens, and the milkmaids of Vraja, who are the foremost of all. These consorts all proceed from Rādhikā.