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marah svayam nu madhura-dyuti-mandalam nu

madhuryam eva nu mano-nayanamrtam nu

veni-mrjo nu mama jivita-vallabho nu

krsno ’yam abhyudayate mama locanaya

SYNONYMS

marah—Cupid; svayam—personally; nu—whether; madhura—sweet; dyuti—of effulgence; mandalam—encirclement; nu—whether; madhuryam—sweetness; eva—even; nu—certainly; manah-nayana-amrtam—nectar for the mind and eyes; nu—whether; veni-mrjah—loosening of the hair; nu—whether; mama—My; jivita-vallabhah—the pleasure of the life and soul; nu—whether; krsnah—Lord Krsna; ayam—this; abhyudayate—manifests; mama—My; locanaya—for the eyes.

In the attitude of Radharani, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu addressed the gopis, “ ’My dear friends, where is that Krsna, Cupid personified, who has the effulgence of a kadamba flower, who is sweetness itself, the nectar of My eyes and mind, He who loosens the hair of the gopis, who is the supreme source of transcendental bliss and My life and soul? Has He come before My eyes again?’ ”

PURPORT

This is another verse from the Krsna-karnamrta (68).