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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.49
প্রৌঢ় নির্মলভাব প্রেম সর্বোত্তম ।
কৃষ্ণের মাধুর্যরস–আস্বাদ–কারণ ॥ ৪৯ ॥
prauḍha nirmala-bhāva prema sarvottama
kṛṣṇera mādhurya-rasa-āsvāda-kāraṇa
Her pure, mature love surpasses that of all others. Her love is the cause of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s tasting the sweetness of the conjugal relationship.
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Her love is pure and mature.
Her love surpasses that of all others.
Her love causes Lord Kṛṣṇa to taste the sweetness of the conjugal relationship.
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”, “relationship”
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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How does this verse deepen my appreciation of the love that gives Lord Kṛṣṇa sweetness?
Write one sentence recalling the purity, maturity and effect of her love.
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