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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.203
গোবিন্দপ্রেক্ষণাক্ষেপি–বাষ্পপূরাভিবর্ষিণম্ ।
উচ্চৈরনিন্দদানন্দমরবিন্দবিলোচনা ॥ ২০৩ ॥
govinda-prekṣaṇākṣepi-
bāṣpa-pūrābhivarṣiṇam
uccair anindad ānandam
aravinda-vilocanā
“The lotus-eyed Rādhārāṇī powerfully condemned the ecstatic love that caused a flow of tears that hindered Her sight of Govinda.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The lotus-eyed Rādhārāṇī experienced ecstatic love that brought a flow of tears.
Those tears hindered Her sight of Govinda. She therefore powerfully condemned the ecstatic love that caused them.
The purport identifies this verse as coming from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.
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:
This chapter also specifically describes the difference between lust and love. The transactions of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are completely different from material lust.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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Rādhārāṇī’s response show about Her desire to see Govinda?
Reread the translation today and reflect briefly on why Rādhārāṇī condemned the tears that obscured Her sight of Govinda.
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