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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 4.90
‘সর্বলক্ষ্মী’–শব্দ পূর্বে করিয়াছি ব্যাখ্যান ।
সর্বলক্ষ্মীগণের তিহোঁ হয় অধিষ্ঠান ॥ ৯০ ॥
‘sarva-lakṣmī’-śabda pūrve kariyāchi vyākhyāna
sarva-lakṣmī-gaṇera tiṅho hana adhiṣṭhāna
I have already explained the meaning of “sarva-lakṣmī.” Rādhā is the original source of all the goddesses of fortune.
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The author recalls his earlier explanation of “sarva-lakṣmī.”
Rādhā is the original source of the goddesses of fortune.
All the goddesses of fortune have their origin in Her.
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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What does “original source” help me understand about Rādhā?
Write “sarva-lakṣmī” and beside it note: “Rādhā is the original source of all the goddesses of fortune.”
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