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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.161
যেবা কেহ অন্য জানে, সেহো তাঁহা হৈতে ।
চৈতন্যগোসাঞির তেঁহ অত্যন্ত মর্ম যাতে ॥ ১৬১ ॥
yebā keha anya jāne, seho tāṅhā haite
caitanya-gosāñira teṅha atyanta marma yāte
Anyone else who claims to know it must have heard it from him, for he was the most intimate companion of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The person described here was the most intimate companion of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Anyone else who claims to know this must have heard it from him.
The translation connects this knowledge with hearing from that intimate companion.
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:
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. Lord Caitanya appeared in order to fulfill these confidential desires, and also to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare and to answer the call of Advaita Prabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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