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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.80
বহু কান্তা বিনা নহে রসের উল্লাস ।
লীলার সহায় লাগি’ বহুত প্রকাশ ॥ ৮০ ॥
bahu kāntā vinā nahe rasera ullāsa
līlāra sahāya lāgi’ bahuta prakāśa
Without many consorts, there is not such exultation in rasa. Therefore there are many manifestations of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to assist in the Lord’s pastimes.
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Without many consorts, there is not such exultation in rasa.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī therefore manifests in many forms.
These manifestations assist in the Lord’s pastimes.
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
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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: “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: “rasa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What purpose does the verse give for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s many manifestations?
Write one sentence connecting Her many manifestations with assisting the Lord’s pastimes.
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