Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s3.4

Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s3.4

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c8.s3.4

¹ mitho harer mṛgākṣyāś ca sambhogasyādi-kāraṇam| madhurā-para-paryāyā priyatākhyoditā ratiḥ||. Of the two aspects of the Līlā (or divine sport) of Kṛṣṇa, namely, Aiśvarya (power) and Mādhurya (sweetness), Jiva Gosvāmin, in his Prīti-sandarbha (pp. 704-715) declares the superiority of Mādhurya. Hence the supreme excellence of Madhurā Rati follows as a corollary.

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Prītisandarbha — Jīva Gosvāmin 1535, Sanskrit