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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord
Antya 1.135Antya 1.137

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.136

সোঽয়ং বসন্তসময়ঃ সমিয়ায় যস্মিন্ পূর্ণং তমীশ্বরমুপোঢ়-নবানুরাগম্ ।

গূঢ়গ্রহা রুচিরয়া সহ রাধয়াসৌ রঙ্গায় সঙ্গময়িতা নিশি পৌর্ণমাসী ॥ ১৩৬ ॥

so ’yaṁ vasanta-samayaḥ samiyāya yasmin

pūrṇaṁ tam īśvaram upoḍha-navānurāgam

gūḍha-grahā rucirayā saha rādhayāsau

raṅgāya saṅgamayitā niśi paurṇamāsī

Translation

“ ‘Springtime had arrived, and the full moon of that season inspired the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is complete in everything, with new attraction to meet the beautiful Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī at night to increase the beauty of Their pastimes.’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Springtime Enhances the Beauty of Their Pastimes

  1. 1

    Springtime had arrived, and its full moon inspired the Supreme Personality of Godhead with new attraction to meet Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī at night. Though complete in everything, He desired this meeting to increase the beauty of Their pastimes.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura interprets the verse in two ways: one for Lord Kṛṣṇa and one for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  3. 3

    In the interpretation for Kṛṣṇa, it is a dark-moon night. In the interpretation for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, it is a full-moon night.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura interprets this verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 1.10) in two ways, for Lord Kṛṣṇa and for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
  • When interpreted for Kṛṣṇa, the night is understood to have been a dark-moon night, and when interpreted for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, it is considered to have been a full-moon night.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead. Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. saḥthat
  2. ayamthis
  3. vasanta-samayaḥspringtime
  4. samiyāyahad arrived
  5. yasminin which
  6. pūrṇamthe complete
  7. tamHim
  8. īśvaramthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “rādhārāṇī”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the statement that the Lord is complete in everything shape your reading of His desire to meet Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?

Practice

Read the verse slowly, then note the two interpretations of the moonlit setting given in the purport.

Live this todaySpringtime Enhances the Beauty of Their PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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