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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.149
এ মাধুর্যামৃত পান সদা যেই করে ।
তৃষ্ণাশান্তি নহে, তৃষ্ণা বাড়ে নিরন্তরে ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
e mādhuryāmṛta pāna sadā yei kare
tṛṣṇā-śānti nahe, tṛṣṇā bāḍhe nirantare
The thirst of one who always drinks the nectar of that sweetness is never satisfied. Rather, that thirst increases constantly.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
That sweetness is described as nectar that one continually drinks.
Even one who always drinks this nectar never finds the thirst satisfied.
Rather than diminishing, the thirst increases constantly.
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:
Kṛṣṇa is the transcendental male, and Rādhārāṇī is the transcendental female. Therefore, to know the transcendental pleasure of loving Kṛṣṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself appeared as Lord Caitanya, accepting the emotions and bodily luster of Śrīmatī 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.
How does this ever-increasing thirst differ from a desire that ends when satisfied?
Write one sentence explaining how tasting this sweetness increases the desire for more.
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