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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.124
রাধিকার প্রেম—গুরু, আমি—শিষ্য নট ।
সদা আমা নানা নৃত্যে নাচায় উদ্ভট ॥ ১২৪ ॥
rādhikāra prema — guru, āmi — śiṣya naṭa
sadā āmā nānā nṛtye nācāya udbhaṭa
“The love of Rādhikā is My teacher, and I am Her dancing pupil. Her prema makes Me dance various novel dances.”
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Kṛṣṇa calls the love of Rādhikā His teacher.
He describes Himself as Her dancing pupil.
Her prema makes Him dance various novel dances.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “prema”, “love”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhikā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about Kṛṣṇa describing Himself as a pupil of Rādhikā’s love?
Write down the phrase “Her dancing pupil” and spend a moment reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s description of Himself.
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