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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .9.16

anekatra ratir, yathā –
[anekatra ratir, yathaa –]
gāndharvi kurvāṇam avekṣya līlām
[gaandharvi kurvaanam avekshya leelaam]
agre dharaṇyāṁ sakhi kāma-pālam |
[agre dharanyaam sakhi kaama-paalam |]
ākarṇayantī ca mukunda-veṇuṁ
[aakarnayantee cha mukunda-venum]
bhinnādya sādhvi smarato dvidhāsi ||16||
[bhinnaadya saadhvi smarato dvidhaasi ||16||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
anekatra ratir, yathā –
gāndharvi kurvāṇam avekṣya līlām
agre dharaṇyāṁ sakhi kāma-pālam |
ākarṇayantī ca mukunda-veṇuṁ
bhinnādya sādhvi smarato dvidhāsi ||16||
Rati for several persons: O Rādhā! O friend! O chaste woman! Seeing Balarāma perform pastimes on this earth, and hearing the sound of Mukunda’s flute, today you have been divided into two parts by Cupid.

One of the friends of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī told Her, “My dear friend Gāndharvikā [Rādhārāṇī], You were the most chaste girl in our village, but now You have divided Yourself and are partially chaste and partially unchaste. It is all due to Cupid’s influence upon You after You saw Kṛṣṇa and heard the sound of His flute.” This is another example of uparasa caused by divided interests in conjugal love.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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