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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Ādi 4.124 Ādi 4.126

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.125

কস্মাদ্‌বৃন্দে প্রিয়সখি হরেঃ পাদমূলাৎ কুতোঽসৌ

কুণ্ডারণ্যে কিমিহ কুরুতে নৃত্যশিক্ষাং গুরুঃ কঃ ।

তং ত্বন্মূর্তিঃ প্রতিতরুলতাং দিগ্বিদিক্ষু স্ফুরন্তী

শৈলূষীব ভ্রমতি পরিতো নর্তয়ন্তী স্ব–পশ্চাৎ ॥ ১২৫ ॥

kasmād vṛnde priya-sakhi hareḥ pāda-mūlāt kuto ’sau

kuṇḍāraṇye kim iha kurute nṛtya-śikṣāṁ guruḥ kaḥ

taṁ tvan-mūrtiḥ prati-taru-lataṁ dig-vidikṣu sphurantī

śailūṣīva bhramati parito nartayantī sva-paścāt

Translation

“O my beloved friend Vṛndā, where are you coming from?”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Vṛndā Comes from Śrī Hari’s Feet

1
Vṛndā is addressed as a beloved friend.
2
She is asked where she is coming from.
3
She answers that she is coming from the feet of Śrī Hari.

How it feels

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

Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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 summary Back to this verse in Ādi 4

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kasmātfrom where
vṛndeO Vṛndā
priyā-sakhiO dear friend
hareḥof Lord Hari
pāda-mūlātfrom the lotus feet
kutaḥwhere
asauthat one (Lord Kṛṣṇa)
kuṇḍa-araṇyein the forest on the bank of Rādhā-kuṇḍa

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hari”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention in Vṛndā’s answer about the feet of Śrī Hari?

Practice

Read the question and answer together, then pause briefly over the words “the feet of Śrī Hari.”

Live this todayVṛndā Comes from Śrī Hari’s FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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