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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.262
আমা হৈতে রাধা পায় যে জাতীয় সুখ ।
তাহা আস্বাদিতে আমি সদাই উন্মুখ ॥ ২৬২ ॥
āmā haite rādhā pāya ye jātīya sukha
tāhā āsvādite āmi sadāi unmukha
“I am always eager to taste the joy that Rādhārāṇī derives from Me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rādhārāṇī derives joy from the Lord.
The Lord desires to taste the joy that she experiences.
His eagerness is constant: He says He is “always eager.”
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the Lord’s eagerness to taste Rādhārāṇī’s joy?
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