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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.229
ষষ্ঠশ্লোকের এই কহিল আভাস ।
মূল শ্লোকের অর্থ শুন করিয়ে প্রকাশ ॥ ২২৯ ॥
ṣaṣṭha-ślokera ei kahila ābhāsa
mūla ślokera artha śuna kariye prakāśa
I have given a hint of the sixth verse. Now please hear as I reveal the meaning of that original verse.
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The author has already given a hint of the sixth verse.
He now invites the reader to hear its meaning more fully.
The explanation will reveal the meaning of that original verse.
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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