4.118

harir esa na ced avatarisyan

mathurayam madhuraksi radhika ca

abhavisyad iyam vrtha visrstir

makarankas tu visesatas tadatra

SYNONYMS

harih—Lord Krsna; esah—this; na—not; cet—if; avatarisyat—would have descended; mathurayam—in Mathura; madhura-aksi—O lovely-eyed one (Paurnamasi); radhika—Srimati Radhika; ca—and; abhavisyat—would have been; iyam—this; vrtha—useless; visrstih—the whole creation; makara-ankah—the demigod of love, Cupid; tu—then; visesatah—above all; tada—then; atra—in this “O Paurnamasi, if Lord Hari had not descended in Mathura with Srimati Radharani, this entire creation-and especially Cupid, the demigod of love-would have been useless.”

PURPORT

This verse is spoken by Sri Vrnda-devi in the Vidagdha-madhava (7.3) of Srila Rupa Gosvami.