gāḍha prema-bhāve teṅho nirantara 'vāmā'
SYNONYMS
vayase madhyamā—grown up; teṅho—Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; sva-bhāvete—in character; samā—equipoised; gāḍha—deep; prema-bhāve—in ecstatic love; teṅho—She; nirantara—constantly; vāmā—of the group of the left-wing gopīs.
TRANSLATION
"Rādhārāṇī is grown up, and Her character is equipoised. She is always deeply absorbed in ecstatic love and always feeling in the mood of a left-wing gopī.
PURPORT
The left wing and right wing of the gopīs has been explained by Rūpa Gosvāmī in Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi. The left wing is described in this way:
"A gopī who is always eager to be jealously angered, who is very enthusiastic for that position, who immediately becomes angry when defeated, who is never under the control of a hero and who always opposes Him is called vāmā, or a leftwing gopī."
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describes the right-wing gopīs in this way:
"A gopī who cannot tolerate womanly anger, who speaks suitable words to the hero and who is satisfied by His sweet words is called a dakṣiṇā, or a right-wing gopi."
tac-chaithilye ca kopanā
abhedyā nāyake prāyaḥ
krūrā vāmeti kīrtyate
nāyake yukta-vādinī
sāmabhis tena bhedyā ca
dakṣiṇā parikīrtitā