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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.175

কৃষ্ণ লাগি’ আর সব করে পরিত্যাগ ।

কৃষ্ণসুখহেতু করে শুদ্ধ অনুরাগ ॥ ১৭৫ ॥

kṛṣṇa lāgi’ āra saba kare parityāga

kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetu kare śuddha anurāga

Translation

They renounced everything for Kṛṣṇa. They have pure attachment to giving Kṛṣṇa pleasure.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Attachment to Pleasing Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The gopīs renounced everything for Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Their attachment is pure.

  3. 3

    They are attached to giving Kṛṣṇa pleasure.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa lāgi’for Lord Kṛṣṇa
  2. āraother
  3. sabaall
  4. karedo
  5. parityāgagive up
  6. kṛṣṇa-sukha-hetufor the purpose of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s happiness
  7. karedo
  8. śuddhapure
  9. anurāgaattachments
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the gopīs’ attachment to pleasing Kṛṣṇa invite you to reflect on?

Practice

Set aside one small personal preference today to make time for an act intended to please Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayPure Attachment to Pleasing KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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