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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.158
কৃষ্ণের মাধুর্যে কৃষ্ণে উপজয় লোভ ।
সম্যক্ আস্বাদিতে নারে, মনে রহে ক্ষোভ ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
kṛṣṇera mādhurye kṛṣṇe upajaya lobha
samyak āsvādite nāre, mane rahe kṣobha
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s own beauty attracts Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. But because He cannot fully enjoy it, His mind remains full of sorrow.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa’s own beauty attracts Him.
Yet He cannot fully enjoy His own beauty.
Because of this, His mind remains full of sorrow.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes me about Kṛṣṇa being attracted by His own beauty yet unable to enjoy it fully?
Pause over the translation today, reflecting on both Kṛṣṇa’s attraction and His sorrow.
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