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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 4.160
অত্যন্তনিগূঢ় এই রসের সিদ্ধান্ত ।
স্বরূপগোসাঞি মাত্র জানেন একান্ত ॥ ১৬০ ॥
atyanta-nigūḍha ei rasera siddhānta
svarūpa-gosāñi mātra jānena ekānta
This conclusion of rasa is extremely deep. Only Svarūpa Dāmodara knows much about it.
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This conclusion concerns rasa.
The conclusion is extremely deep.
Only Svarūpa Dāmodara knows much about it.
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:
Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was the principal figure among Lord Caitanya’s confidential devotees. The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rasa”
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How can I approach this deep conclusion without assuming I already understand it?
Reread the translation slowly and acknowledge one thing about this conclusion that you do not yet understand.
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