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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 4.190
গোপিকা–দর্শনে কৃষ্ণের বাড়ে প্রফুল্লতা ।
সে মাধুর্য বাড়ে যার নাহিক সমতা ॥ ১৯০ ॥
gopikā-darśane kṛṣṇera bāḍhe praphullatā
se mādhurya bāḍhe yāra nāhika samatā
When Lord Kṛṣṇa sees the gopīs, His joy increases, and His unparalleled sweetness increases also.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa sees the gopīs.
His joy increases upon seeing them.
His unparalleled sweetness also increases.
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:
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. These were secondary reasons.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about both Kṛṣṇa’s joy and His sweetness increasing?
Spend a quiet moment reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s increasing joy and sweetness as He sees the gopīs.
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