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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.231
এ সব সিদ্ধান্ত গূঢ়,—কহিতে না যুয়ায় ।
না কহিলে, কেহ ইহার অন্ত নাহি পায় ॥ ২৩১ ॥
e saba siddhānta gūḍha, — kahite nā yuyāya
nā kahile, keha ihāra anta nāhi pāya
All these conclusions are unfit to disclose in public. But if they are not disclosed, no one will understand them.
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The author says these conclusions are unfit to disclose in public.
Yet if they remain undisclosed, no one will understand them.
He acknowledges both the need for care and the need to reveal their meaning.
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:
These revelations have been confirmed by the statements of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his various prayers and poems. This chapter also specifically describes the difference between lust and love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I approach these conclusions with care and a sincere wish to understand?
Pause before reading further and acknowledge that these conclusions call for careful attention.
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