CC Madhya 9.117
Bengali
সিদ্ধান্ততস্ত্বভেদেঽপি শ্রীশ-কৃষ্ণস্বরূপয়োঃ ।
রসেনোৎকৃষ্যতে কৃষ্ণরূপমেষা রসস্থিতিঃ ॥ ১১৭ ॥
রসেনোৎকৃষ্যতে কৃষ্ণরূপমেষা রসস্থিতিঃ ॥ ১১৭ ॥
Verse text
siddhāntatas tv abhede ’pi
śrīśa-kṛṣṇa-svarūpayoḥ
rasenotkṛṣyate kṛṣṇa-
rūpam eṣā rasa-sthitiḥ
śrīśa-kṛṣṇa-svarūpayoḥ
rasenotkṛṣyate kṛṣṇa-
rūpam eṣā rasa-sthitiḥ
Synonyms
siddhāntataḥ — in reality; tu — but; abhede — no difference; api — although; śrī-īśa — of the husband of Lakṣmī, Nārāyaṇa; kṛṣṇa — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; svarūpayoḥ — between the forms; rasena — by transcendental mellows; utkṛṣyate — is superior; kṛṣṇa-rūpam — the form of Lord Kṛṣṇa; eṣā — this; rasa-sthitiḥ — reservoir of pleasure.
Translation
Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa continued, “ ‘According to transcendental realization, there is no difference between the forms of Nārāyaṇa and Kṛṣṇa. Yet in Kṛṣṇa there is a special transcendental attraction due to the conjugal mellow, and consequently He surpasses Nārāyaṇa. This is the conclusion of transcendental mellows.’
Purport
This verse quoted by Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa is also found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.59).