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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.137
এই এক, শুন আর লোভের প্রকার ।
স্বমাধুর্য দেখি’ কৃষ্ণ করেন বিচার ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
ei eka, śuna āra lobhera prakāra
sva-mādhurya dekhi’ kṛṣṇa karena vicāra
That is one desire. Now please hear of another. Seeing His own beauty, Lord Kṛṣṇa began to consider.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After describing one desire, the text invites us to hear of another.
Lord Kṛṣṇa sees His own beauty.
Seeing that beauty, He begins to consider 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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give more attentive hearing to Kṛṣṇa’s consideration of His own beauty?
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