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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 4.249
এই মত অনুভব আমার প্রতীত ।
বিচারি’ দেখিয়ে যদি, সব বিপরীত ॥ ২৪৯ ॥
ei mata anubhava āmāra pratīta
vicāri’ dekhiye yadi, saba viparīta
“In this way My affectionate feelings for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī may be understood, but on analysis I find them contradictory.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker says His affectionate feelings for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī may be understood in this way.
He also examines these feelings through analysis.
On analysis, He finds His affectionate feelings contradictory.
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:
This chapter also specifically describes the difference between lust and love. The transactions of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are completely different from material lust.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 do you notice about affection being understandable yet appearing contradictory on analysis?
Reread the verse and note its two descriptions of His feelings: understandable and contradictory.
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