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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.12
দাস–সখা–পিতামাতা–কান্তাগণ লঞা ।
ব্রজে ক্রীড়া করে কৃষ্ণ প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা ॥ ১২ ॥
dāsa-sakhā-pitā-mātā-kāntā-gaṇa lañā
vraje krīḍā kare kṛṣṇa premāviṣṭa hañā
Absorbed in such transcendental love, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa enjoys in Vraja with His devoted servants, friends, parents and conjugal lovers.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s descent is purposeful. One who truly understands His descent and activities perfects life and does not return to birth and death after leaving the present body.
The five relationships in material existence are perverted reflections of relationships with the Absolute Personality of Godhead. These include neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parental love and amorous love.
Kṛṣṇa descends to revive these eternally existing relationships. His loving pastimes in Vraja attract people toward transcendental relationships and away from their material imitations.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 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:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, after displaying His pastimes as Lord Kṛṣṇa, thought it wise to make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain personally the transcendental mellows of reciprocal service and love exchanged between Himself and His servants, friends, parents and fiancées. According to the Vedic literature, the foremost occupational duty for humanity in this Age of Kali is nāma-saṅkīrtana, or congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “conjugal”, “parental”, “relationships”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does seeing material relationships as reflections change your understanding of Kṛṣṇa’s relationships in Vraja?
Reread the translation and spend one minute reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s loving exchanges with His servants, friends, parents and conjugal lovers.
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