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  "label":"Text 209",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 8.209",
  "description":"\"By nature, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is just like a creeper of love of Godhead, and the gopīs are the twigs, flowers and leaves of that creeper."

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Cc. Madhya 8.209

Text

rādhāra svarūpa—kṛṣṇa-prema-kalpalatā
sakhī-gaṇa haya tāra pallava-puṣpa-pātā

Synonyms

rādhāra svarūpa—the spiritual nature of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kṛṣṇa-prema—of love of Kṛṣṇa; kalpa-latā—a creeper; sakhī-gaṇa—the gopīs; haya—are; tāra—of that creeper; pallava—the twigs; puṣpa—flowers; pātā—and leaves.

Translation

“By nature, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is just like a creeper of love of Godhead, and the gopīs are the twigs, flowers and leaves of that creeper.