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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.222
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য গোসাঞি ব্রজেন্দ্রকুমার ।
রসময়–মূর্তি কৃষ্ণ সাক্ষাৎ শৃঙ্গার ॥ ২২২ ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya gosāñi vrajendra-kumāra
rasa-maya-mūrti kṛṣṇa sākṣāt śṛṅgāra
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa [Vrajendra-kumāra], the embodiment of rasas. He is amorous love personified.
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Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa, Vrajendra-kumāra.
He is the embodiment of rasas.
He is amorous love personified.
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
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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: “love”
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: “rasas”
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How does this verse shape my understanding of who Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is?
Repeat the statement “Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa” and pause to reflect on it.
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