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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.71
কৃষ্ণপ্রেম–ভাবিত যাঁর চিত্তেন্দ্রিয়–কায় ।
কৃষ্ণ–নিজশক্তি রাধা ক্রীড়ার সহায় ॥ ৭১ ॥
kṛṣṇa-prema-bhāvita yāṅra cittendriya-kāya
kṛṣṇa-nija-śakti rādhā krīḍāra sahāya
Her mind, senses and body are steeped in love for Kṛṣṇa. She is Kṛṣṇa’s own energy, and She helps Him in His pastimes.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is as fully spiritual as Kṛṣṇa. She should never be considered material or like a conditioned soul.
Her body, mind and senses are spiritual and fully shine in love of Kṛṣṇa.
She is the personified hlādinī-śakti, the pleasure-giving energy of the Lord’s internal potency. She is the only source of enjoyment for Śrī Kṛṣṇa and helps Him in His pastimes.
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:
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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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: “love for krsna”, “love of krsna”
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: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that Rādhārāṇī is fully spiritual shape your understanding of Her love for Kṛṣṇa?
Write one reminder today: “Rādhārāṇī’s body, mind and senses are fully spiritual.”
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