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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.43
কৃষ্ণের বিয়োগে যত প্ৰেম–চেষ্টিত ।
আস্বাদিয়া পূর্ণ কৈল আপন বাঞ্ছিত ॥ ৪৩ ॥
kṛṣṇera viyoge yata prema-ceṣṭita
āsvādiyā pūrṇa kaila āpana vāñchita
In separation from Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished all these ecstatic activities, and thus He fulfilled His own desires.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa desired to taste Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic feelings toward Him by accepting Her role. Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa Himself with the feelings of Rādhārāṇī—a combination of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
In separation from Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished these ecstatic activities and fulfilled His own desires. By worshiping Him alone, one can relish the loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa together.
One should try to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees, rather than directly. A mentality of service toward His devotees makes one eligible to understand these pastimes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement. A learned brāhmaṇa named Upendra Miśra, who resided in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa, was the father of Jagannātha Miśra, who came to Navadvīpa to study under the direction of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and then settled there after marrying Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s daughter, Śacīdevī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “separation”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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: “rādhārāṇī’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I approach understanding Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa with a mentality of service?
Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for a mentality of service toward His devotees.
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