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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 Antya 1.143
ইয়ং সখি সুদুঃসাধ্যা রাধা-হৃদয়বেদনা ।
কৃতা যত্র চিকিৎসাপি কুৎসায়াং পর্যবস্যতি ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
iyam sakhi su-duḥsādhyā
rādhā-hṛdaya-vedanā
kṛtā yatra cikitsāpi
kutsāyāṁ paryavasyati
“ ‘My dear friend, these palpitations of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s heart are extremely difficult to cure. Even if one applied some medical treatment, it would only end in defamation.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse describes Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s heart palpitations as extremely difficult to cure.
It states that even medical treatment would only end in defamation.
The purport identifies Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī Herself as the speaker of these words to a friend.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
Learn the words of the 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’s”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī speaks these words affect my reading of Her distress?
Reread the verse, paying attention to both the difficulty of a cure and the fear of defamation.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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