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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 8.23

svābhāvika prema doṅhāra udaya karilā duṅhā āliṅgiyā duṅhe bhūmite paḍilā
[svaabhaavika prema donhaara udaya karilaa dunhaa aalingiyaa dunhe bhoomite padilaa]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
svābhāvika prema doṅhāra udaya karilā duṅhā āliṅgiyā duṅhe bhūmite paḍilā
Their natural love for each other was awakened in them both, and they embraced and fell to the ground.

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was an incarnation of the gopī Viśākhā. Since Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, there was naturally an awakening of love between Viśākhā and Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the combination of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa, and the gopī Viśākhā is a principal gopī assisting Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Thus the natural love between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu awakened and they embraced.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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