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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 4.96
রাধা—পূর্ণশক্তি, কৃষ্ণ—পূর্ণশক্তিমান্ ।
দুই বস্তু ভেদ নাই, শাস্ত্র–পরমাণ ॥ ৯৬ ॥
rādhā — pūrṇa-śakti, kṛṣṇa — pūrṇa-śaktimān
dui vastu bheda nāi, śāstra-paramāṇa
Śrī Rādhā is the full power, and Lord Kṛṣṇa is the possessor of full power. The two are not different, as evidenced by the revealed scriptures.
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Śrī Rādhā is the full power.
Lord Kṛṣṇa is the possessor of full power.
The revealed scriptures establish that the two are not different.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The transactions of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are completely different from material lust. Therefore the author has very clearly distinguished between them.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 this teaching help you understand the relationship between Śrī Rādhā and Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Write one sentence recalling that Śrī Rādhā is the full power and Lord Kṛṣṇa its possessor, yet They are not different.
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