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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.134
আশ্রয়জাতীয় সুখ পাইতে মন ধায় ।
যত্নে আস্বাদিতে নারি, কি করি উপায় ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
āśraya-jātiya sukha pāite mana dhāya
yatne āsvādite nāri, ki kari upāya
“My mind races to taste the pleasure experienced by the abode, but I cannot taste it, even by My best efforts. How may I taste it?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker’s mind races to taste the pleasure experienced by the abode of love.
Even His best efforts do not enable Him to taste that pleasure.
His longing takes the form of a question: “How may I taste it?”
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:
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. Kṛṣṇa is the transcendental male, and Rādhārāṇī is the transcendental female.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: “love”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “longing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do the words “My mind races” reveal about the intensity of this longing?
Read the final question aloud, then reflect briefly on the longing behind it.
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