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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 4.267
রাধিকার ভাবকান্তি অঙ্গীকার বিনে ।
সেই তিন সুখ কভু নহে আস্বাদনে ॥ ২৬৭ ॥
rādhikāra bhāva-kānti aṅgīkāra vine
sei tina sukha kabhu nahe āsvādane
“Unless I accept the luster of the ecstatic love of Śrī Rādhikā, these three desires cannot be fulfilled.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord speaks of the luster of Śrī Rādhikā’s ecstatic love.
He must accept that luster to fulfill His three desires.
He states that without accepting it, those desires cannot be fulfilled.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “rādhikā”, “rādhikā’s”
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: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse show the importance of Śrī Rādhikā’s ecstatic love?
Read the translation slowly and write down what the Lord says He must accept.
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