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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.238
কৃষ্ণের বিচার এক আছয়ে অন্তরে ।
পূর্ণানন্দ–পূর্ণরসরূপ কহে মোরে ॥ ২৩৮ ॥
kṛṣṇera vicara eka āchaye antare
pūrṇānanda-pūrṇa-rasa-rūpa kahe more
Once Lord Kṛṣṇa considered within His heart, “Everyone says that I am complete bliss, full of all rasas.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa considers a thought within His heart.
He reflects that everyone describes Him as complete bliss.
They also describe Him as full of all rasas.
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.
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: “rasas”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you in the description of Kṛṣṇa as complete bliss?
Read the translation slowly once, pausing over the words “complete bliss.”
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