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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.135
কভু যদি এই প্রেমার হইয়ে আশ্রয় ।
তবে এই প্রেমানন্দের অনুভব হয় ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
kabhu yadi ei premāra ha-iye āśraya
tabe ei premānandera anubhava haya
“If sometime I can be the abode of that love, only then may I taste its joy.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotee is called the āśraya, the abode of love, and beloved Kṛṣṇa is the viṣaya, its object. In Their loving affairs, Rādhārāṇī is the āśraya and Kṛṣṇa is the viṣaya.
Kṛṣṇa experiences pleasure as the viṣaya, but Rādhārāṇī’s pleasure as the āśraya is many times greater. He understands that only by becoming the abode of that love can He taste its joy.
To feel the pleasure of the āśraya, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is thus Kṛṣṇa Himself.
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:
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”
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: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Kṛṣṇa’s desire to taste Rādhārāṇī’s joy deepen my understanding of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Write one sentence explaining why Kṛṣṇa appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, using the terms āśraya and viṣaya.
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