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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.5

রাধা কৃষ্ণপ্রণয়বিকৃতির্হ্লাদিনীশক্তিরস্মা–

দেকাত্মানাবপি ভুবি পুরা দেহভেদং গতৌ তৌ ।

চৈতন্যাখ্যং প্রকটমধুনা তদ্‌দ্বয়ং চৈক্যমাপ্তং

রাধাভাবদ্যুতিসুবলিতং নৌমি কৃষ্ণস্বরূপম্‌ ॥ ৫ ॥

rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmād

ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau

caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptaṁ

rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam

Translation

The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one in Their identity, previously They separated Themselves. Now these two transcendental identities have again united, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa United as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya

  1. 1

    The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal pleasure-giving potency.

  2. 2

    Although Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one in identity, They previously separated Themselves. They have now united again in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.

  3. 3

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa Himself, manifested with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. The author bows down to Him.

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.13.57

As Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī has explained, rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmāt.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.

The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 1: The Spiritual Masters

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is none other than the combined form of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. He is the life of those devotees who strictly follow in the footsteps of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rādhāŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  2. kṛṣṇaof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  3. praṇayaof love
  4. vikṛtiḥthe transformation
  5. hlādinī śaktiḥpleasure potency
  6. asmātfrom this
  7. eka-ātmānauboth the same in identity
  8. apialthough
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhā”, “rādhārāṇī”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separated”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse help you appreciate about the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya?

Practice

Offer obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya while remembering that He is Kṛṣṇa with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it · quoted in 15 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 15 other lectures

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayRādhā and Kṛṣṇa United as Śrī Kṛṣṇa CaitanyaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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