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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.73
কৃষ্ণেরে করায় যৈছে রস আস্বাদন ।
ক্রীড়ার সহায় যৈছে, শুন বিবরণ ॥ ৭৩ ॥
kṛṣṇere karāya yaiche rasa āsvādana
krīḍāra sahāya yaiche, śuna vivaraṇa
Now please listen to how Lord Kṛṣṇa’s consorts help Him taste rasa and how they help in His pastimes.
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The reader is invited to listen attentively.
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s consorts help Him taste rasa.
His consorts also help Him in His pastimes.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
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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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “rasa”
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