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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.81
তার মধ্যে ব্রজে নানা ভাব–রস–ভেদে ।
কৃষ্ণকে করায় রাসাদিক–লীলাস্বাদে ॥ ৮১ ॥
tāra madhye vraje nānā bhāva-rasa-bhede
kṛṣṇake karāya rāsādika-līlāsvāde
Among them are various groups of consorts in Vraja who have varieties of sentiments and mellows. They help Lord Kṛṣṇa taste all the sweetness of the rāsa dance and other pastimes.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are one in two; They are identical. As Kṛṣṇa expands Himself, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī also expands Herself in many forms.
The goddesses of fortune, the queens and the damsels of Vraja are Her plenary portions. These expansions are compared to reflected forms, with no difference between the original and the reflections.
The female reflections of Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure potency are as good as Kṛṣṇa Himself. The groups of consorts in Vraja help Him taste the sweetness of the rāsa dance and other pastimes through their varied sentiments and mellows.
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.
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: “mellows”, “rāsa”
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vraja”
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 knowing that these expansions share Her divine nature deepen my appreciation of their service?
Reread the comparison with reflected forms, then write what the purport says about their relationship to the original.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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