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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 4.44
তটস্থ হইয়া মনে বিচার যদি করি ।
সব রস হৈতে শৃঙ্গারে অধিক মাধুরী ॥ ৪৪ ॥
taṭastha ha-iyā mane vicāra yadi kari
saba rasa haite śṛṅgāre adhika mādhurī
But if we compare the sentiments in an impartial mood, we find that the conjugal sentiment is superior to all others in sweetness.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
No one is higher or lower in transcendental relationships with the Lord, because everything in the absolute realm is equal.
Although these relationships are absolute, there are transcendental differences between them.
An impartial comparison finds conjugal love superior in sweetness. It is therefore considered the highest perfection.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 all sweetness. Rādhārāṇī’s attraction for Kṛṣṇa is sublime, and to experience that attraction and understand the transcendental sweetness of Himself, He accepted the mentality of Rādhārāṇī.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: “conjugal”, “relationships”
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: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I appreciate conjugal love’s greater sweetness without thinking other devotees are lower?
Write one sentence holding together both teachings: spiritual equality and differences in sweetness.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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