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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.232
অতএব কহি কিছু করিঞা নিগূঢ় ।
বুঝিবে রসিক ভক্ত, না বুঝিবে মূঢ় ॥ ২৩২ ॥
ataeva kahi kichu kariñā nigūḍha
bujhibe rasika bhakta, nā bujhibe mūḍha
Therefore I shall mention them, revealing only their essence, so that loving devotees will understand them but fools will not.
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The author decides to mention these conclusions.
He will reveal only their essence.
He presents them so that loving devotees will understand them, but fools will not.
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:
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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