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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.95
জগৎমোহন কৃষ্ণ, তাঁহার মোহিনী ।
অতএব সমস্তের পরা ঠাকুরাণী ॥ ৯৫ ॥
jagat-mohana kṛṣṇa, tāṅhāra mohinī
ataeva samastera parā ṭhākurāṇī
Lord Kṛṣṇa enchants the world, but Śrī Rādhā enchants even Him. Therefore She is the supreme goddess of all.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa enchants the world.
Śrī Rādhā enchants even Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Therefore, Śrī Rādhā is the supreme goddess of all.
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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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 Śrī Rādhā’s ability to enchant Kṛṣṇa reveal about Her position?
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