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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.246
যদ্যপি আমার রসে জগৎ সরস ।
রাধার অধর–রস আমা করে বশ ॥ ২৪৬ ॥
yadyapi āmāra rase jagat sarasa
rādhāra adhara-rasa āmā kare vaśa
“Although the entire creation is full of different tastes because of Me, I am charmed by the nectarean taste of the lips of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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The speaker is the source of the different tastes that fill the entire creation.
Yet He is charmed by the nectarean taste of the lips of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
The verse contrasts His giving taste to all creation with His being charmed by Her sweetness.
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:
The transactions of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are completely different from material lust. Therefore the author has very clearly distinguished between them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about the source of all tastes being charmed by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?
Read the verse slowly and pause over the words “I am charmed.”
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