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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 4.25
সখা শুদ্ধ–সখ্যে করে স্কন্ধে আরোহণ ।
তুমি কোন্ বড় লোক,—তুমি আমি সম ॥ ২৫ ॥
sakhā śuddha-sakhye kare, skandhe ārohaṇa
tumi kon baḍa loka, — tumi āmi sama
“My friends climb on My shoulders in pure friendship, saying, ‘What kind of big man are You? You and I are equal.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord's friends climb on His shoulders in pure friendship.
They playfully ask Him, “What kind of big man are You?”
They regard Him as their equal, saying, “You and I are equal.”
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:
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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What does this exchange reveal about the closeness of pure friendship with the Lord?
Read the translation aloud once, noticing how the friends express their closeness to the Lord.
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