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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.59

rāgavat, yathā –
[raagavat, yathaa –]
tuṣārati tuṣānalo ’py upari tasya baddha-sthitir
[tushaarati tushaanalo ’py upari tasya baddha-sthitir]
bhavantam avalokate yadi mukunda goṣṭheśvarī |
[bhavantam avalokate yadi mukunda goshtheshvaree |]
sudhāmbudhir api sphuṭaṁ vikaṭa-kāla-kūṭaty alaṁ
[sudhaambudhir api sphutam vikata-kaala-kootaty alam]
sthitā yadi na tatra te vadana-padmam udvīkṣyate ||59||
[sthitaa yadi na tatra te vadana-padmam udveekshyate ||59||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rāgavat, yathā –
tuṣārati tuṣānalo ’py upari tasya baddha-sthitir
bhavantam avalokate yadi mukunda goṣṭheśvarī |
sudhāmbudhir api sphuṭaṁ vikaṭa-kāla-kūṭaty alaṁ
sthitā yadi na tatra te vadana-padmam udvīkṣyate ||59||
Yaśodā’s appearing to manifest rāga (though she always has rāga): O Mukunda! If Yaśodā is placed on a fire made from grain chaff--but can see You--the fire becomes as cool as ice. If she is placed in an ocean of nectar--but cannot see You--the ocean of nectar becomes as sharp as Kālakūṭa poison. [Note: The quality of rāga is that the person is willing to give up life for the Lord.]

The same friend of Mother Yaśodā addressed Kṛṣṇa as follows: “My dear Mukunda, if Mother Yaśodā, the Queen of Gokula, is forced to stand on fire but is allowed to see Your lotus face, then this fire will appear to her like the Himalaya Mountains: full of ice. In the same way, if she is allowed to stay in the ocean of nectar but is not allowed to see the lotus face of Your Grace, then even this ocean of nectar will appear to her like an ocean of arsenic poison.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

O Mukunda, if Yaśodā sees You, the fire from tuṣa becomes cold (tuṣārati). It acts as if it were ice. What is the condition in which she sees Kṛṣṇa? If she is bound on top of a fire made from burning chaff, and sees You, the fire becomes like ice.

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