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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.24
মাতা মোরে পুত্রভাবে করেন বন্ধন ।
অতিহীন–জ্ঞানে করে লালন–পালন ॥ ২৪ ॥
mātā more putra-bhāve karena bandhana
atihīna-jñāne kare lālana pālana
“Mother sometimes binds Me as her son. She nourishes and protects Me, thinking Me utterly helpless.
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The Lord describes how His mother sometimes binds Him as her son.
She nourishes Him with a mother's care.
She thinks Him utterly helpless and protects Him.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Lord Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of transcendental loving transactions with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. The subject of those loving transactions is the Lord Himself, and Rādhārāṇī is the object.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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