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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 1.154Antya 1.156

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.155

হিত্বা দূরে পথি ধবতরোরন্তিকং ধর্মসেতো- র্ভঙ্গোদগ্রা গুরুশিখরিণং রংহসা লঙ্ঘয়ন্তী ।

লেভে কৃষ্ণার্ণব নবরসা রাধিকা-বাহিনী ত্বাং বাগ্বীচীভিঃ কিমিব বিমুখীভাবমস্যাস্তনোষি ॥ ১৫৫ ॥

hitvā dūre pathi dhava-taror antikaṁ dharma-setor

bhaṅgodagrā guru-śikhariṇaṁ raṁhasā laṅghayantī

lebhe kṛṣṇārṇava nava-rasā rādhikā-vāhinī tvāṁ

vāg-vīcībhiḥ kim iva vimukhī-bhāvam asyās tanoṣi

Translation

“ ‘O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are just like an ocean. The river of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has reached You from a long distance — leaving far behind the tree of Her husband, breaking through the bridge of social convention, and forcibly crossing the hills of elder relatives. Coming here because of fresh feelings of love for You, that river has now received Your shelter, but now You are trying to turn Her back by the waves of unfavorable words. How is it that You are spreading this attitude?’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhārāṇī’s Love Seeks Kṛṣṇa’s Shelter

  1. 1

    Paurṇamāsī speaks to Lord Kṛṣṇa, comparing Him to an ocean and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to a river that has traveled far to reach Him.

  2. 2

    The river has left behind the tree of Her husband, broken through the bridge of social convention, and crossed the hills of elder relatives.

  3. 3

    Fresh feelings of love have brought Her to Kṛṣṇa’s shelter. Paurṇamāsī questions why He now tries to turn Her back with waves of unfavorable words.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (3.9) is spoken to Lord Kṛṣṇa by Paurṇamāsī.

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:

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hitvāgiving up
  2. dūrefar away
  3. pathion the road
  4. dhava-taroḥof the tree of the husband
  5. antikamthe vicinity
  6. dharma-setoḥthe bridge of religion
  7. bhaṅga-udagrābeing strong enough for breaking
  8. guru-śikhariṇamthe hill of the superior relatives
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

  • 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”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”

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

What does the river’s long journey reveal about Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the verse slowly today, tracing how the river imagery expresses Rādhārāṇī’s longing for Kṛṣṇa’s shelter.

Live this todayRādhārāṇī’s Love Seeks Kṛṣṇa’s ShelterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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