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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 4.252
কৃষ্ণ–আলিঙ্গন পাইনু, জনম সফলে ।
কৃষ্ণসুখে মগ্ন রহে বৃক্ষ করি’ কোলে ॥ ২৫২ ॥
kṛṣṇa-āliṅgana pāinu, janama saphale
kṛṣṇa-sukhe magna rahe vṛkṣa kari’ kole
“ ‘I have gotten the embrace of Śrī Kṛṣṇa,’ She thinks, ‘so now My life is fulfilled.’ Thus She remains immersed in pleasing Kṛṣṇa, taking the tree in Her arms.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
She thinks that She has received the embrace of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Because of this embrace, She considers Her life fulfilled.
Taking the tree in Her arms, She remains immersed in pleasing Kṛṣṇa.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Her remaining immersed in pleasing Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a quiet moment reflecting on the words “immersed in pleasing Kṛṣṇa.”
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