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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.103
অবতারের আর এক আছে মূখ্যবীজ ।
রসিকশেখর কৃষ্ণের সেই কার্য নিজ ॥ ১০৩ ॥
avatārera āra eka āche mukhya-bīja
rasika-śekhara kṛṣṇera sei kārya nija
There is a principal cause for Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance. It grows from His own engagements as the foremost enjoyer of loving exchanges.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
There is a principal cause for Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance.
This cause grows from His own engagements.
He is the foremost enjoyer of loving exchanges.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 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 second reason for His appearance was to understand the transcendental mellow of Himself. Lord Kṛṣṇa is all sweetness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about loving exchanges being at the heart of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance?
Spend a minute reflecting on the words “foremost enjoyer of loving exchanges,” then write one observation.
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