CC Adi 4.146
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 146
- aparikalita-pūrvaḥ kaś camatkāra-kārī
- sphurati mama garīyān eṣa mādhurya-pūraḥ
- ayam aham api hanta prekṣya yaṁ lubdha-cetāḥ
- sarabhasam upabhoktuṁ kāmaye rādhikeva
SYNONYMS
aparikalita — not experienced; pūrvaḥ — previously; kaḥ — who; camatkāra-kārī — causing wonder; sphurati — manifests; mama — My; garīyān — more great; eṣaḥ — this; mādhurya-pūraḥ — abundance of sweetness; ayam — this; aham — I; api — even; hanta — alas; prekṣya — seeing; yam — which; lubdha-cetāḥ — My mind being bewildered; sa-rabhasam — impetuously; upabhoktum — to enjoy; kāmaye — desire; rādhikā iva — like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
TRANSLATION
"Who manifests an abundance of sweetness greater than Mine, which has never been experienced before and which causes wonder to all? Alas, I Myself, My mind bewildered upon seeing this beauty, impetuously desire to enjoy it like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī."
PURPORT
This text is from the Lalita-mādhava (8.34) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. It was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa when He saw the beauty of His own reflection in a jeweled fountain in Dvārakā.