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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.84
‘দেবী’ কহি দ্যোতমানা, পরমা সুন্দরী ।
কিম্বা, কৃষ্ণপূজা–ক্রীড়ার বসতি নগরী ॥ ৮৪ ॥
‘devī’ kahi dyotamānā, paramā sundarī
kimvā, kṛṣṇa-pūjā-krīḍāra vasati nagarī
“Devī” means “resplendent and most beautiful.” Or else it means “the lovely abode of the worship and love sports of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
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“Devī” means “resplendent and most beautiful.”
It can also mean the lovely abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s worship.
This second meaning also describes the lovely abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s love sports.
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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In this verse: “lovely”
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