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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 113

samyak-sāra vāsanā kṛṣṇera rāsa-līlā
rāsa-līlā-vāsanāte rādhikā śṛṅkhalā

SYNONYMS

samyak-sāra—the complete and essential; vāsanā—desire; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; rāsa-līlā—the dancing in the rāsa-līlā; rāsa-līlā-vāsanāte—in the desire to dance the rāsa dance; rādhikā—Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; śṛṅkhalā—the medium of bondage.

TRANSLATION

“Lord Kṛṣṇa’s desire in the rāsa-līlā circle is perfectly complete, but Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the binding link in that desire.