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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 4.254
তাম্বূলচর্বিত যবে করে আস্বাদনে ।
আনন্দসমুদ্রে ডুবে, কিছুই না জানে ॥ ২৫৪ ॥
tāmbūla-carvita yabe kare āsvādane
ānanda-samudre ḍube, kichui nā jāne
“When She tastes the betel chewed by Me, She merges in an ocean of joy and forgets everything else.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
She tastes the betel already chewed by Him.
That taste brings Her into an ocean of joy.
Her joy is so absorbing that She forgets everything else.
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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What does the image of an ocean suggest about the depth of Her joy?
Read the translation slowly today, pausing over the words “an ocean of joy.”
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