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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.85
কৃষ্ণময়ী—কৃষ্ণ যার ভিতরে বাহিরে ।
যাঁহা যাঁহা নেত্র পড়ে তাঁহা কৃষ্ণ স্ফুরে ॥ ৮৫ ॥
kṛṣṇa-mayī — kṛṣṇa yāra bhitare bāhire
yāṅhā yāṅhā netra paḍe tāṅhā kṛṣṇa sphure
“Kṛṣṇa-mayī” means “one whose within and without are Lord Kṛṣṇa.” She sees Lord Kṛṣṇa wherever She casts Her glance.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
“Kṛṣṇa-mayī” means “one whose within and without are Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
This description includes both Her inner and outer being.
Wherever She casts Her glance, She sees Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the completeness of Her vision of Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Read the definition of “Kṛṣṇa-mayī” aloud once, then pause to reflect on it.
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