harir eṣa na ced avātariṣyan
mathurāyāṁ madhurākṣi rādhikā ca
abhaviṣyad iyaṁ vṛthā visṛṣṭir
makarāṅkas tu viśeṣatas tadātra

 hariḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; eṣaḥ - this; na - not; cet - if; avātariṣyat - would have descended; mathurāyām - in Mathurā; madhura-akṣi - O lovely-eyed one (Paurṇamāsī); rādhikā - Śrīmatī Rādhikā; ca - and; abhaviṣyat - would have been; iyam - this; vṛthā - useless; visṛṣṭiḥ - the whole creation; makara-aṅkaḥ - the demigod of love, Cupid; tu - then; viśeṣataḥ - above all; tadā - then; atra - in this.


Text

“O Paurṇamāsī, if Lord Hari had not descended in Mathurā with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, this entire creation — and especially Cupid, the demigod of love — would have been useless.”

Purport

This verse is spoken by Śrī Vṛndā-devī in the Vidagdha-mādhava (7.3) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.