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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.136
এত চিন্তি’ রহে কৃষ্ণ পরমকৌতুকী ।
হৃদয়ে বাড়য়ে প্রেম–লোভ ধক্ধকি ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
eta cinti’ rahe kṛṣṇa parama-kautukī
hṛdaye bāḍaye prema-lobha dhakdhaki
Thinking in this way, Lord Kṛṣṇa was curious to taste that love. His eager desire for that love increasingly blazed in His heart.
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Thinking in this way, Lord Kṛṣṇa became curious to taste that love.
His desire to taste it was eager.
That desire increasingly blazed in His heart.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
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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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