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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 4.69
মহাভাবস্বরূপা শ্রীরাধা–ঠাকুরাণী ।
সর্বগুণখনি কৃষ্ণকান্তাশিরোমণি ॥ ৬৯ ॥
mahābhāva-svarūpā śrī-rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī
sarva-guṇa-khani kṛṣṇa-kāntā-śiromaṇi
Śrī Rādhā Ṭhākurāṇī is the embodiment of mahābhāva. She is the repository of all good qualities and the crest jewel among all the lovely consorts of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Rādhā Ṭhākurāṇī embodies mahābhāva. She is the repository of all good qualities and the crest jewel among Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lovely consorts.
The unadulterated action of hlādinī-śakti appears in the dealings of the damsels of Vraja. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the topmost participant among them.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī personifies love of Godhead, bhāva and mahābhāva. She is the highest principle in love of Godhead and the supreme lovable object of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “lovely”, “love of godhead”
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”, “rādhārāṇī”
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: “bhāva”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s position help you understand the highest development of love of Godhead?
Read the translation slowly and spend a moment reflecting on Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as the embodiment of mahābhāva.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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