# Cc. Madhya 14.161 ## Text > vayase 'madhyamā' teṅho svabhāvete 'samā' > 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: > mana-grahe sadodyuktā > tac-chaithilye ca kopanā > abhedyā nāyake prāyaḥ > krūrā vāmeti kīrtyate "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: > asahyā māna-nirbandhe > nāyake yukta-vādinī > sāmabhis tena bhedyā ca > dakṣiṇā parikīrtitā "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."*