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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.61
সচ্চিদানন্দ, পূর্ণ, কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ ।
একই চিচ্ছক্তি তাঁর ধরে তিন রূপ ॥ ৬১ ॥
sac-cid-ānanda, pūrṇa, kṛṣṇera svarūpa
eka-i cic-chakti tāṅra dhare tina rūpa
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s body is eternal [sat], full of knowledge [cit] and full of bliss [ānanda]. His one spiritual energy manifests three forms.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa’s body is eternal, described by the word sat.
His body is full of knowledge, cit, and full of bliss, ānanda.
His spiritual energy is one, yet it manifests three forms.
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 third reason that Lord Caitanya appeared was to enjoy the bliss tasted by Rādhārāṇī. The Lord thought that undoubtedly Rādhārāṇī enjoyed His company and He enjoyed the company of Rādhārāṇī, but the exchange of transcendental mellow between the spiritual couple was more pleasing to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī than to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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What do sat, cit, and ānanda help me remember about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s body?
Write “sat — eternal; cit — full of knowledge; ānanda — full of bliss,” and read the list once with attention.
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