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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 6.71
হা নাথ রমণ প্রেষ্ঠ ক্বাসি ক্বাসি মহাভুজ ।
দাস্যাস্তে কৃপণায়া মে সখে দর্শয় সন্নিধিম্ ॥ ৭১ ॥
hā nātha ramaṇa preṣṭha
kvāsi kvāsi mahā-bhuja
dāsyās te kṛpaṇāyā me
sakhe darśaya sannidhim
“O My Lord, O My husband, O most dearly beloved! O mighty-armed Lord! Where are You? Where are You? O My friend, reveal Yourself to Your maidservant, who is very much aggrieved by Your absence.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
During the rāsa dance, Kṛṣṇa left all the gopīs and took only Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī with Him. All the gopīs lamented.
Proud of Her position, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī asked Kṛṣṇa to carry Her wherever He liked. Kṛṣṇa then immediately disappeared, and She began to lament.
She called upon Her dearly beloved Lord to reveal Himself. Deeply aggrieved by His absence, She addressed Herself as His maidservant.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 6.71 quotesSB 10.30.39
This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.30.39).
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Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.
The mood of Ādi 6 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:
That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya. When He is addressed as the servitor of Lord Caitanya, His glories are magnified because unless one is invigorated by this mentality of servitorship one cannot understand the mellows derived from devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “absence”, “lamented”
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: “rādhārāṇī”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī calling Herself a maidservant in Her longing for Kṛṣṇa?
Read the prayer slowly today, paying particular attention to the word “maidservant.”
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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