Page 36 - Sri Vraja Riti Cintamani final

Çré Vraja-réti-cintämaëi

All of Çré Kåñëa's gopé beloveds are splendidly beautiful. A millionth
part of a single ray of light from their lotus toenails defeats the
shining of millions of moons. The waves of the ocean of their
incomparable glory and supreme good fortune have drowned the
Vedas.

Text 54

yäbhiù svayaà präpta-vara-prasäda-
leçasya yogyä na babhüva lakñméù
näyaà çriyo 'ìga iti yan niruktaà
çrémat-çukenäpi mahä-puräëe

yäbhiù—by whom; svayaà personally; präpta—attained; vara—
benediction; prasäda—of the mercy; leçasya—of a fragment; yogyä—
suitable; na—not; babhuva—was; lakñméh—Lakñmé-devi; na—not;
ayam—this; çriyaù—of Lakñmé; aìgaù—the form; iti—thus; yat—which;
niruktam—said; çrémat-çukena—by Sréla Çuka deva Gosvämé; mahä-
puräëe—in the Çrémad-Bhägavatam Mahä-Puräëa.
Even Lakñmé-devé was unable to attain even a small fragment of the
mercy the gopés attained. Çréla Çukadeva Gosvämé confirmed this is
in the Çrémad Bhägavatam (10.47.60):

"When Lord Çré Kåñëa was dancing with the the gopés in the
räsa-lélä, the gopés were embraced by the arms of the Lord. This
transcendental favor was never bestowed upon the goddess of
fortune or the other consorts in the spiritual world. Indeed, never
was such a favor even imagined by the most beautiful girls in the
heavenly planets, whose bodily luster and aroma resemble those of
lotus flowers. And what to speak of worldly women who are very
beautiful according to the material estimation."

Text 55

yäsäà na käpi prabhunäpi çeke
tyaktuà viläsäya kanéyasé yä
yävantya eva vraja yoñitas täs
tävantam ätmänam ataù sa cakre

26