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yatha radha priya visnos

tasyah kundam priyam tatha

sarva-gopisu saivaika

visnor atyanta-vallabha

SYNONYMS

yatha—just as; radha—Srimati Radharani; priya—very dear; visnoh—to Lord Krsna; tasyah—Her; kundam—bathing place; priyam—very dear; tatha—so also; sarva-gopisu—among all the gopis; sa—She; eva—certainly; eka—alone; visnoh—of Lord Krsna; atyanta-vallabha—very dear " ’Just as Srimati Radharani is most dear to Sri Krsna, Her bathing place known (Radha-kunda) is also dear to Him.

Among all the gopis, Srimati Radharani is supermost and very dear to Lord Krsna.’

PURPORT

This verse is from the Padma Purana and is included in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (2.1.45), by Srila Rupa Gosvami.

It also appears in Adi-lila, Chapter Four, verse 215, and again in Madhya-lila, Chapter Eighteen, verse 8.