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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.46
অতএব মধুর রস কহি তার নাম ।
স্বকীয়া–পরকীয়া–ভাবে দ্বিবিধ সংস্থান ॥ ৪৬ ॥
ataeva madhura rasa kahi tāra nāma
svakīyā-parakīyā-bhāve dvi-vidha saṁsthāna
Therefore I call it madhura-rasa. It has two further divisions, namely wedded and unwedded love.
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The author calls this loving relationship madhura-rasa.
Madhura-rasa has two further divisions.
These divisions are wedded love and unwedded love.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The first purpose was to relish the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the prime reciprocator of transcendental love of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of transcendental loving transactions with Śrīmatī 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.
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”
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: “relationship”
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What two divisions help me understand madhura-rasa?
Write down madhura-rasa and its two divisions: wedded love and unwedded love.
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