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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.109
রাত্রে প্রলাপ করে স্বরূপের কণ্ঠ ধরি’ ।
আবেশে আপন ভাব কহয়ে উঘাড়ি’ ॥ ১০৯ ॥
rātre pralāpa kare svarūpera kaṇṭha dhari’
āveśe āpana bhāva kahaye ughāḍi’
At night He talked incoherently in grief with His arms around Svarūpa Dāmodara’s neck. He spoke out His heart in ecstatic inspiration.
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At night, He spoke incoherently in grief.
He held His arms around Svarūpa Dāmodara’s neck.
He spoke out His heart in ecstatic inspiration.
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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