CC Adi 4.118 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 118
- harir eṣa na ced avātariṣyan
- mathurāyāṁ madhurākṣi rādhikā ca
- abhaviṣyad iyaṁ vṛthā visṛṣṭir
- makarāṅkas tu viśeṣatas tadātra
SYNONYMS
hariḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa; eṣaḥ—this; na—not; cet—if; avātariṣyat—would have descended; mathurāyām—in Mathurā; madhura-akṣi—O lovely-eyed one (Paurṇamāsī); rādhikā—Śrīmatī Rādhikā; ca—and; abhaviṣyat—would have been; iyam—this; vṛthā—useless; visṛṣṭiḥ—the whole creation; makara-aṅkaḥ—the demigod of love, Cupid; tu—then; viśeṣataḥ—above all; tadā—then; atra—in this.
TRANSLATION
“O Paurṇamāsī, if Lord Hari had not descended in Mathurā with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, this entire creation—and especially Cupid, the demigod of love—would have been useless.”
PURPORT
This verse is spoken by Śrī Vṛndā-devī in the Vidagdha-mādhava (7.3) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.