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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.256
লীলা–অন্তে সুখে ইঁহার অঙ্গের মাধুরী ।
তাহা দেখি’ সুখে আমি আপনা পাশরি ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
līlā-ante sukhe iṅhāra aṅgera mādhurī
tāhā dekhi’ sukhe āmi āpanā pāśari
“Seeing the luster of Her complexion after Our pastimes together, I forget My own identity in happiness.
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He sees the luster of Her complexion after Their pastimes together.
Seeing that luster fills Him with happiness.
His happiness is so great that He forgets His own identity.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Therefore, to know the transcendental pleasure of loving Kṛṣṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself appeared as Lord Caitanya, accepting the emotions and bodily luster of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Lord Caitanya appeared in order to fulfill these confidential desires, and also to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare and to answer the call of Advaita Prabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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In this verse: “together”
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What does His forgetting His own identity reveal about the intensity of this happiness?
Read the verse twice, noticing how seeing Her luster leads to overwhelming happiness.
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