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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.148
শ্রবণে, দর্শনে আকর্ষয়ে সর্বমন ।
আপনা আস্বাদিতে কৃষ্ণ করেন যতন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
śravaṇe, darśane ākarṣaye sarva-mana
āpanā āsvādite kṛṣṇa karena yatana
All minds are attracted by hearing His sweet voice and flute, or by seeing His beauty. Even Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself makes efforts to taste that sweetness.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Hearing Kṛṣṇa’s sweet voice and flute attracts all minds.
Seeing His beauty also draws the mind toward Him.
Even Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself makes efforts to taste that sweetness.
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.
Which aspect described here—Kṛṣṇa’s voice, flute, or beauty—most draws my attention?
Choose one aspect of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness named in the translation and spend a minute reflecting on it.
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