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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.3
চতুর্থ শ্লোকের অর্থ কৈল বিবরণ ।
পঞ্চম শ্লোকের অর্থ শুন ভক্তগণ ॥ ৩ ॥
caturtha ślokera artha kaila vivaraṇa
pañcama ślokera artha śuna bhakta-gaṇa
I have described the meaning of the fourth verse. Now, O devotees, kindly hear the explanation of the fifth verse.
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The author has already described the meaning of the fourth verse.
He now turns to explaining the fifth verse.
He addresses the devotees with a kind request to hear.
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:
In this chapter of the epic Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has stressed that Lord Caitanya appeared for three principal purposes of His own. The first purpose was to relish the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the prime reciprocator of transcendental love of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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