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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.142
মন্মাধুর্য রাধার প্রেম—দোঁহে হোড় করি’ ।
ক্ষণে ক্ষণে বাড়ে দোঁহে, কেহ নাহি হারি ॥ ১৪২ ॥
man-mādhurya rādhāra prema — doṅhe hoḍa kari’
kṣaṇe kṣaṇe bāḍe doṅhe, keha nāhi hāri
“There is constant competition between My sweetness and the mirror of Rādhā’s love. They both go on increasing, but neither knows defeat.
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Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness and the mirror of Rādhā’s love are in constant competition.
His sweetness and Her love both go on increasing.
Neither knows defeat.
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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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: “rādhā’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How is this competition different from one in which someone must lose?
Take a minute to reflect on both sweetness and love increasing without either being defeated.
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