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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.32
এই সব রসনির্যাস করিব আস্বাদ ।
এই দ্বারে করিব সব ভক্তেরে প্রসাদ ॥ ৩২ ॥
ei saba rasa-niryāsa kariba āsvāda
ei dvāre kariba saba bhaktere prasāda
“I shall taste the essence of all these rasas, and in this way I shall favor all the devotees.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord desires to taste the essence of all these rasas.
His tasting is directed toward their essence.
Through this tasting, He will favor all the devotees.
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:
Lord Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of transcendental loving transactions with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. The subject of those loving transactions is the Lord Himself, and Rādhārāṇī is the object.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.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rasas”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favor”
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How does this verse connect the Lord’s tasting of rasas with His favor toward devotees?
Read the translation slowly and reflect on the words “all the devotees.”
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