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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 4.240
আমা হৈতে যার হয় শত শত গুণ ।
সেইজন আহ্লাদিতে পারে মোর মন ॥ ২৪০ ॥
āmā haite yāra haya śata śata guṇa
sei-jana āhlādite pāre mora mana
“One who has a hundred times more qualities than Me could give pleasure to My mind.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa considers who could give pleasure to His mind.
He speaks of someone with a hundred times more qualities than Himself.
Such a person, He says, could give His mind pleasure.
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.
What do you notice about the measure of qualities Kṛṣṇa describes?
Reread the translation and note the connection between qualities and giving Kṛṣṇa pleasure.
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