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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.139
এই প্রেমদ্বারে নিত্য রাধিকা একলি ।
আমার মাধুর্যামৃত আস্বাদে সকলি ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
ei prema-dvāre nitya rādhikā ekali
āmāra mādhuryāmṛta āsvāde sakali
“Only Rādhikā, by the strength of Her love, tastes all the nectar of My sweetness.
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Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness is described as nectar.
Only Rādhikā tastes all the nectar of His sweetness.
She tastes it by the strength of Her love.
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
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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: “rādhikā”
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