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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 4.236
যে লাগি কহিতে ভয়, সে যদি না জানে ।
ইহা বই কিবা সুখ আছে ত্রিভুবনে ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
ye lāgi kahite bhaya, se yadi nā jāne
ihā va-i kibā sukha āche tribhuvane
For fear of them I do not wish to speak, but if they do not understand, then what can be happier in all the three worlds?
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The author says that fear of them makes him unwilling to speak.
Yet he welcomes the prospect that they will not understand.
He asks what could be happier in all the three worlds than their not understanding.
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
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What do the author’s hesitation and happiness show me about his care in revealing these teachings?
Read the two parts of this translation slowly, noticing the movement from fear to happiness.
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