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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.48
ব্রজবধূগণের এই ভাব নিরবধি ।
তার মধ্যে শ্রীরাধায় ভাবের অবধি ॥ ৪৮ ॥
vraja-vadhū-gaṇera ei bhāva niravadhi
tāra madhye śrī-rādhāya bhāvera avadhi
This mood is unbounded in the damsels of Vraja, but among them it finds its perfection in Śrī Rādhā.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This loving mood is unbounded in the damsels of Vraja.
Śrī Rādhā is singled out among them.
In Śrī Rādhā, this mood finds its perfection.
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:
The subject of those loving transactions is the Lord Himself, and Rādhārāṇī is the object. Thus the subject, the Lord, wanted to relish the loving mellow in the position of the object, 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.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhā”
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 it mean to reflect on Śrī Rādhā as the perfection of this love?
Spend a quiet moment reflecting on the words “finds its perfection in Śrī Rādhā.”
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