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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 4.130Ādi 4.132

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.131

বিভুরপি কলয়ন্‌ সদাভিবৃদ্ধিং

গুরুরপি গৌরবচর্যয়া বিহীনঃ ।

মুহুরুপচিতবক্রিমাপি শুদ্ধো

জয়তি মুরদ্বিষি রাধিকানুরাগঃ ॥ ১৩১ ॥

vibhur api kalayan sadābhivṛddhiṁ

gurur api gaurava-caryayā vihīnaḥ

muhur upacita-vakrimāpi śuddho

jayati mura-dviṣi rādhikānurāgaḥ

Translation

“All glories to Rādhā’s love for Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of the demon Mura! Although it is all-pervading, it tends to increase at every moment. Although it is important, it is devoid of pride. And although it is pure, it is always beset with duplicity.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhā’s Love Holds Wondrous Contrasts

  1. 1

    Rādhā’s love for Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading, yet it increases at every moment.

  2. 2

    Although Her love is important, it is devoid of pride.

  3. 3

    Although Her love is pure, it is always beset with duplicity. The purport identifies this praise as a verse from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Dāna-keli-kaumudī.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a verse from the Dāna-keli-kaumudī (2) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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

Further reading

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 summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vibhuḥall-pervading
  2. apialthough
  3. kalayanmaking
  4. sadāalways
  5. abhivṛddhimincrease
  6. guruḥimportant
  7. apialthough
  8. gaurava-caryayā vihīnaḥwithout proud behavior
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “love for krsna”

  • 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: “rādhā’s”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which contrast in this praise of Rādhā’s love most invites my reflection?

Practice

Write down one of these contrasts and spend a quiet moment reflecting on it.

Live this todayRādhā’s Love Holds Wondrous ContrastsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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