CC Adi 4.188 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - 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

TEXT 188

tāṅ sabāra nāhi nija-sukha-anurodha

tathāpi bāḍhaye sukha, paḍila virodha

SYNONYMS

tāṅ sabāra—of all of them; nāhi—not; nija-sukha—for their own happiness; anurodha—entreaty; tathāpi—still; bāḍhaye—increases; sukha—happiness; paḍila—happened; virodha—contradiction.

TRANSLATION

The gopīs have no inclination for their own enjoyment, and yet their joy increases. That is indeed a contradiction.

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