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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 4.50
অতএব সেই ভাব অঙ্গীকার করি’ ।
সাধিলেন নিজ বাঞ্ছা গৌরাঙ্গ–শ্রীহরি ॥ ৫০ ॥
ataeva sei bhāva aṅgīkāra kari’
sādhilena nija vāñchā gaurāṅga-śrī-hari
Therefore Lord Gaurāṅga, who is Śrī Hari Himself, accepted the sentiments of Rādhā and thus fulfilled His own desires.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Gaurāṅga is Śrī Hari Himself. He accepted the sentiments of Rādhā and thus fulfilled His own desires.
Of the four kinds of loving service, mādhurya is the fullest. Its two varieties are svakīya, relating to Kṛṣṇa as a formally married husband, and parakīya, relating to Him as a paramour.
Parakīya is considered superior because its intense love and risks make it more enthusiastic; those risks are valid only in the transcendental realm. Neither variety exists in the material world, and parakīya is found only in Vraja, the portion of Goloka Vṛndāvana, not in Vaikuṇṭha.
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:
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. The third reason that Lord Caitanya appeared was to enjoy the bliss tasted by Rādhārāṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “vṛndāvana”, “vraja”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hari”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why is it important not to judge this transcendental love as a material relationship?
Write a reminder in your notes: “These relationships have no existence in the material world.”
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