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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.145
বিচার করিয়ে যদি আস্বাদ–উপায় ।
রাধিকাস্বরূপ হইতে তবে মন ধায় ॥ ১৪৫ ॥
vicāra kariye yadi āsvāda-upāya
rādhikā-svarūpa ha-ite tabe mana dhāya
“If I deliberate on a way to taste it, I find that I hanker for the position of Rādhikā.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa’s attractiveness is wonderful and unlimited. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī alone can relish its full extent from Her position in the āśraya category.
The mirror of Rādhārāṇī’s transcendental love is perfectly clear. In Her heart, Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental features appear increasingly new and fresh.
Kṛṣṇa’s attraction and Rādhārāṇī’s understanding continually increase, each trying to surpass the other. Desiring to understand Her increasing love, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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. Kṛṣṇa is the transcendental male, and Rādhārāṇī is the transcendental female.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.
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”, “rādhārāṇī”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the perfectly clear mirror of Rādhārāṇī’s love help me understand about Her appreciation of Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a minute reflecting on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Kṛṣṇa Himself, desiring to understand Rādhārāṇī’s increasing love.
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