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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 4.145Ādi 4.147

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.146

অপরিকলিতপূর্বঃ কশ্চমৎকারকারী

স্ফুরতি মম গরীয়ানেষ মাধুর্যপূরঃ ।

অয়মহমপি হন্ত প্রেক্ষ্য যং লুব্ধচেতাঃ

সরভসমুপভোক্তুং কাময়ে রাধিকেব ॥ ১৪৬ ॥

aparikalita-pūrvaḥ kaś camatkāra-kārī

sphurati mama garīyān eṣa mādhurya-pūraḥ

ayam aham api hanta prekṣya yaṁ lubdha-cetāḥ

sarabhasam upabhoktuṁ kāmaye rādhikeva

Translation

“Who manifests an abundance of sweetness greater than Mine, which has never been experienced before and which causes wonder to all? Alas, I Myself, My mind bewildered upon seeing this beauty, impetuously desire to enjoy it like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Marvels at His Own Sweetness

  1. 1

    This statement comes from the Lalita-mādhava of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

  2. 2

    Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke these words upon seeing His own beautiful reflection in a jeweled fountain in Dvārakā.

  3. 3

    His own beauty bewildered His mind and filled Him with wonder. He eagerly desired to enjoy that sweetness as Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī does.

Key points from the purport
  • This text is from the Lalita-mādhava (8.34) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
  • It was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa when He saw the beauty of His own reflection in a jeweled fountain in Dvārakā.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. aparikalitanot experienced
  2. pūrvaḥpreviously
  3. kaḥwho
  4. camatkāra-kārīcausing wonder
  5. sphuratimanifests
  6. mamaMy
  7. garīyānmore great
  8. eṣaḥthis
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “rādhārāṇī”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes me about Kṛṣṇa Himself feeling wonder at His own beauty?

Practice

Reread the translation slowly, pausing over Kṛṣṇa’s desire to enjoy His sweetness like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Marvels at His Own SweetnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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