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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 4.54
মূল হেতু আগে শ্লোকের কৈল আভাস ।
এবে কহি সেই শ্লোকের অর্থ প্রকাশ ॥ ৫৪ ॥
mūla hetu āge ślokera kaila ābhāsa
ebe kahi sei ślokera artha prakāśa
Having first given hints about the verse describing the principal reason why the Lord appeared, now I shall manifest its full meaning.
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Hints have already been given about the principal reason why the Lord appeared.
Those hints concern a verse describing that principal reason.
The author now begins to reveal the verse’s full meaning.
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 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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