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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.223
সেই রস আস্বাদিতে কৈল অবতার ।
আনুষঙ্গে কৈল সব রসের প্রচার ॥ ২২৩ ॥
sei rasa āsvādite kaila avatāra
ānusaṅge kaila saba rasera pracāra
He made His appearance to taste that conjugal mellow and incidentally to broadcast all the rasas.
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He appeared to taste the conjugal mellow.
His appearance also served to broadcast all the rasas.
Broadcasting all the rasas was incidental to His purpose of tasting that conjugal mellow.
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:
The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord. These revelations have been confirmed by the statements of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his various prayers and poems.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.
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: “mellow”, “rasas”, “conjugal”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “served”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I distinguish His purpose of tasting from His accompanying work of broadcasting?
Write down the two purposes described here, noting which one the translation calls incidental.
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