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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.138
অদ্ভুত, অনন্ত, পূর্ণ মোর মধুরিমা ।
ত্রিজগতে ইহার কেহ নাহি পায় সীমা ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
adbhuta, ananta, pūrṇa mora madhurimā
tri-jagate ihāra keha nāhi pāya sīmā
“My sweetness is wonderful, infinite and full. No one in the three worlds can find its limit.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa describes His sweetness as wonderful.
His sweetness is infinite and full.
No one in the three worlds can find its limit.
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:
Rādhārāṇī’s attraction for Kṛṣṇa is sublime, and to experience that attraction and understand the transcendental sweetness of Himself, He accepted the mentality of Rādhārāṇī. The third reason that Lord Caitanya appeared was to enjoy the bliss tasted by Rādhārāṇī.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.
What stands out to me about sweetness that is both infinite and full?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the words “wonderful, infinite and full.”
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