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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 4.89
অতএব সর্বপূজ্যা, পরম–দেবতা ।
সর্বপালিকা, সর্ব–জগতের মাতা ॥ ৮৯ ॥
ataeva sarva-pūjyā, parama-devatā
sarva-pālikā, sarva jagatera mātā
Therefore Rādhā is parama-devatā, the supreme goddess, and She is worshipable for everyone. She is the protectress of all, and She is the mother of the entire universe.
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Rādhā is parama-devatā, the supreme goddess.
She is worshipable for everyone and is the protectress of all.
She is the mother of the entire universe.
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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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: “rādhā”
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How does seeing Rādhā as the mother of the entire universe shape my regard for Her?
Take a quiet moment to offer respect to Rādhā as the supreme goddess and mother of the universe.
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