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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.263
নানা যত্ন করি আমি, নারি আস্বাদিতে ।
সেই সুখমাধুর্য–ঘ্রাণে লোভ বাড়ে চিত্তে ॥ ২৬৩ ॥
nānā yatna kari āmi, nāri āsvādite
sei sukha-mādhurya-ghrāṇe lobha bāḍhe citte
“In spite of various efforts, I have not been able to taste it. But My desire to relish that pleasure increases as I smell its sweetness.
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Despite various efforts, the Lord has not been able to taste this pleasure.
Yet His desire to relish it continues to increase.
He describes sensing its sweetness as smelling it, while still longing to taste it.
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:
These revelations have been confirmed by the statements of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his various prayers and poems. This chapter also specifically describes the difference between lust and love.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.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “longing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the image of smelling sweetness help me understand this growing desire?
Read the verse once more and note the difference between sensing sweetness and tasting it.
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