yathÄ rÄdhÄ priyÄ viṣṇos
tasyÄḥ kuṇá¸aá¹ priyaá¹ tathÄ
sarva-gopÄ«á¹£u saivaikÄ
viṣṇor atyanta-vallabhÄ

 yathÄ - just as; rÄdhÄ - ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī; priyÄ - very dear; viṣṇoḥ - to Lord Kṛṣṇa; tasyÄḥ - Her; kuṇá¸am - bathing place; priyam - very dear; tathÄ - so also; sarva-gopÄ«á¹£u - among all the gopÄ«s;  - She; eva - certainly; ekÄ - alone; viṣṇoḥ - of Lord Kṛṣṇa; atyanta-vallabhÄ - very dear.


Text

“ ‘Just as ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī is most dear to ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, Her bathing place [RÄdhÄ-kuṇá¸a] is also dear to Him. Among all the gopÄ«s, ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī is supermost and very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.’

Purport

This verse is from the Padma PurÄṇa and is included in the Laghu-bhÄgavatÄmá¹›ta (2.1.45), by ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«. It also appears in the Ä€di-lÄ«lÄ, chapter four, verse 215, and again in the Madhya-lÄ«lÄ, chapter eighteen, verse 8.