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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 4.47
পরকীয়া–ভাবে অতি রসের উল্লাস ।
ব্রজ বিনা ইহার অন্যত্র নাহি বাস ॥ ৪৭ ॥
parakīyā-bhāve ati rasera ullāsa
vraja vinā ihāra anyatra nāhi vāsa
There is a great increase of mellow in the unwedded conjugal mood. Such love is found nowhere but in Vraja.
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The unwedded conjugal mood brings a great increase of mellow.
This love is found in Vraja.
The verse emphasizes that such love is found nowhere else.
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:
Thus the subject, the Lord, wanted to relish the loving mellow in the position of the object, Rādhārāṇī. The second reason for His appearance was to understand the transcendental mellow of Himself.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: “mellow”, “conjugal”
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vraja”
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What does this verse teach me about the uniqueness of Vraja?
Read the translation slowly, noticing both the increase of mellow and where this love is found.
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