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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.116
সোঽপি কৈশোরক–বয়ো মানয়ন্মধুসূদনঃ ।
রেমে স্ত্রীরত্নকূটস্থঃ ক্ষপাসু ক্ষপিতাহিতঃ ॥ ১১৬ ॥
so ’pi kaiśoraka-vayo
mānayan madhusūdanaḥ
reme strī-ratna-kūṭa-sthaḥ
kṣapāsu kṣapitāhitaḥ
“Lord Madhusūdana enjoyed His youth with pastimes on autumn nights in the midst of the jewellike milkmaids. Thus He dispelled all the misfortunes of the world.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Madhusūdana enjoyed His youth through pastimes on autumn nights.
He enjoyed these pastimes in the midst of the jewellike milkmaids.
Thus He dispelled all the misfortunes of the world. The purport identifies this quotation as a verse from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 Lord thought that undoubtedly Rādhārāṇī enjoyed His company and He enjoyed the company of Rādhārāṇī, but the exchange of transcendental mellow between the spiritual couple was more pleasing to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī than to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Rādhārāṇī felt more transcendental pleasure in the company of Kṛṣṇa than He could understand without taking Her position, but for Śrī Kṛṣṇa to enjoy in the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī was impossible because that position was completely foreign to Him.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 stands out to you about the connection between these pastimes and the world’s misfortunes?
Read the verse once with attention to its concluding words about dispelling misfortune.
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