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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 7.8
রাসাদি–বিলাসী, ব্রজললনা–নাগর ।
আর যত সব দেখ,—তার পরিকর ॥ ৮ ॥
rāsādi-vilāsī, vrajalalanā-nāgara
āra yata saba dekha, — tāṅra parikara
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme enjoyer in the rāsa dance. He is the leader of the damsels of Vraja, and all others are simply His associates.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the supreme enjoyer of the rāsa dance. He is the supreme leader and chief of the damsels of Vṛndāvana.
All others are His devotees and associates. No one can compare with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The rāsa dance can be performed only by Śrī Kṛṣṇa and no one else. The purport warns readers to be wary of those who imitate it.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vraja”, “vṛndāvana”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
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.
Why is it important to distinguish Kṛṣṇa’s unique position from that of His devotees and associates?
Write one sentence explaining why Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa dance should not be imitated.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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