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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 4.77
বৈভবগণ যেন তাঁর অঙ্গ–বিভূতি ।
বিম্ব–প্রতিবিম্ব–রূপ মহিষীর ততি ॥ ৭৭ ॥
vaibhava-gaṇa yena tāṅra aṅga-vibhūti
bimba-pratibimba-rūpa mahiṣīra tati
The goddesses of fortune are partial manifestations of Śrīmatī Rādhikā, and the queens are reflections of Her image.
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The goddesses of fortune are partial manifestations of Śrīmatī Rādhikā.
The queens are reflections of Her image.
Both groups are described in relation to Śrīmatī Rādhikā, but the verse uses a different description for each.
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 second reason for His appearance was to understand the transcendental mellow of Himself. Lord Kṛṣṇa is all sweetness.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.
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: “rādhikā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you recall how the verse describes each group’s relationship with Śrīmatī Rādhikā?
Make two brief notes pairing the goddesses of fortune with “partial manifestations” and the queens with “reflections of Her image.”
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