CC Madhya 23.84-85 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

Madhya-līlā 23.82-83 - Madhya-līlā 23.86

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 84-85

līlā premṇā priyādhikyaṁ

mādhuryaṁ veṇu-rūpayoḥ

ity asādhāraṇaṁ proktaṁ

govindasya catuṣṭayam

evaṁ guṇāś catur-bhedāś

catuḥ-ṣaṣṭir udāhṛtāḥ

SYNONYMS

līlā—pastimes; premṇā—with transcendental love; priya-ādhikyam—an abundance of highly elevated devotees; mādhuryam—sweetness; veṇu-rūpayoḥ—of the flute and the beauty of Kṛṣṇa; iti—thus; asādhāraṇam—uncommon; proktam—said; govindasya—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; catuṣṭayam—four special features; evam—thus; guṇāḥ—transcendental qualities; catuḥ-bhedāḥ—having four divisions; catuḥ-ṣaṣṭiḥ—sixty-four; udāhṛtāḥ—declared.

TRANSLATION

" 'Above Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa has four specific transcendental qualities-His wonderful pastimes, an abundance of wonderful associates who are very dear to Him [like the gopīs], His wonderful beauty and the wonderful vibration of His flute. Lord Kṛṣṇa is more exalted than ordinary living beings and demigods like Lord Śiva. He is even more exalted than His personal expansion Nārāyaṇa. In all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has sixty-four transcendental qualities in full.'

Madhya-līlā 23.82-83 - Madhya-līlā 23.86