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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.225
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য গোসাঞি রসের সদন ।
অশেষ–বিশেষে কৈল রস আস্বাদন ॥ ২২৫ ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya gosāñi rasera sadana
aśeṣa-viśeṣe kaila rasa āsvādana
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is the abode of rasa. He Himself tasted the sweetness of rasa in endless ways.
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Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is the abode of rasa.
He Himself tasted the sweetness of rasa.
He tasted that sweetness in endless ways.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was the principal figure among Lord Caitanya’s confidential devotees. The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord.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: “rasa”
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What does this verse reveal about His relationship with the sweetness of rasa?
Write one sentence recalling that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is both the abode of rasa and the one who tastes its sweetness.
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