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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 4.259Ādi 4.261

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.260

রূপে কংসহরস্য লুব্ধনয়নাং স্পর্শেঽতিহৃষ্যত্ত্বচং

বাণ্যামুৎকলিতশ্রুতিং পরিমলে সংহৃষ্টনাসাপুটাম্‌ ।

আরজ্যদ্রসনাং কিলাধরপুটে ন্যঞ্চন্মুখাম্ভোরুহাং

দম্ভোদ্‌গীর্ণমহাধৃতিং বহিরপি প্রোদ্যদ্বিকারাকুলাম্‌ ॥ ২৬০ ॥

rūpe kaṁsa-harasya lubdha-nayanāṁ sparśe ’tihṛṣyat-tvacaṁ

vāṇyām utkalita-śrutiṁ parimale saṁhṛṣṭa-nāsā-puṭām

ārajyad-rasanāṁ kilādhara-puṭe nyañcan-mukhāmbho-ruhāṁ

dambhodgīrṇa-mahā-dhṛtiṁ bahir api prodyad-vikārākulām

Translation

“ ‘Her eyes are enchanted by the beauty of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Kaṁsa. Her body thrills in pleasure at His touch. Her ears are always attracted to His sweet voice, Her nostrils are enchanted by His fragrance, and Her tongue hankers for the nectar of His soft lips. She hangs down her lotuslike face, exercising self-control only by pretense, but She cannot help showing the external signs of Her spontaneous love for Lord Kṛṣṇa.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Spontaneous Love Cannot Remain Hidden

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describes Rādhārāṇī’s countenance. Her eyes are enchanted by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, and Her body thrills at His touch.

  2. 2

    Her ears are attracted to His sweet voice, Her nostrils to His fragrance, and Her tongue to the nectar of His soft lips.

  3. 3

    She lowers Her lotuslike face and only appears to exercise self-control. She cannot hide the external signs of Her spontaneous love for Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describes the countenance of Rādhārāṇī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rūpein the beauty
  2. kaṁsa-harasyaof Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Kaṁsa
  3. lubdhacaptivated
  4. nayanāmwhose eyes
  5. sparśein the touch
  6. ati-hṛṣyatvery jubilant
  7. tvacamwhose skin
  8. vāṇyāmin the vibration of the words
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

  • 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’s”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Her inability to hide Her love reveal about its spontaneity?

Practice

Read the verse slowly and notice each way Her senses are attracted to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySpontaneous Love Cannot Remain HiddenThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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