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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.291
লুকাইলা দুই ভুজ রাধার অগ্রেতে ।
বহু যত্ন কৈলা কৃষ্ণ, নারিল রাখিতে ॥ ২৯১ ॥
lukāilā dui bhuja rādhāra agrete
bahu yatna kailā kṛṣṇa, nārila rākhite
In front of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Śrī Kṛṣṇa had to hide the two extra arms. He tried His best to keep four arms before Her, but He was completely unable to do so.
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In front of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Śrī Kṛṣṇa had to hide His two extra arms.
He tried His best to keep four arms before Her.
Despite His effort, He was completely unable to maintain that form.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
When Kṛṣṇa in His form of Nārāyaṇa saw Rādhārāṇī, He could not keep His position as Nārāyaṇa and again assumed the form of Kṛṣṇa. The King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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: “rādhārāṇī”
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What strikes you about Kṛṣṇa trying His best yet being unable to keep four arms before Rādhārāṇī?
Read the translation twice, noticing the contrast between Kṛṣṇa’s effort and what happened.
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