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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.104
অতি গূঢ় হেতু সেই ত্রিবিধ প্রকার ।
দামোদরস্বরূপ হৈতে যাহার প্রচার ॥ ১০৪ ॥
ati gūḍha hetu sei tri-vidha prakāra
dāmodara-svarūpa haite yāhāra pracāra
That most confidential cause is threefold. Svarūpa Dāmodara has revealed it.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The cause described here is most confidential.
This confidential cause has three parts.
Svarūpa Dāmodara has revealed this cause.
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:
Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was the principal figure among Lord Caitanya’s confidential devotees. The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What helps me approach a confidential teaching with care?
Write down the two facts given here: the cause is threefold, and Svarūpa Dāmodara revealed it.
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