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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 4.60
হ্লাদিনী করায় কৃষ্ণে আনন্দাস্বাদন ।
হ্লাদিনীর দ্বারা করে ভক্তের পোষণ ॥ ৬০ ॥
hlādinī karāya kṛṣṇe ānandāsvādana
hlādinīra dvārā kare bhaktera poṣaṇa
That hlādinī energy gives Kṛṣṇa pleasure and nourishes His devotees.
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The hlādinī energy gives Kṛṣṇa pleasure and nourishes His devotees.
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that only devotional service can lead one to the Personality of Godhead and help a devotee meet Him face to face.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is attracted by devotional service. The ultimate supremacy of Vedic knowledge rests in knowing the science of devotional service.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give devotional service greater importance in what I learn and do?
Set aside a few minutes today to study this teaching as an act of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
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