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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 1.78Antya 1.80

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.79

প্রিয়ঃ সোঽয়ং কৃষ্ণঃ সহচরি কুরুক্ষেত্রমিলিত- স্তথাহং সা রাধা তদিদমুভয়োঃ সঙ্গমসুখম্ ।

তথাপ্যন্তঃখেলন্মধুরমুরলীপঞ্চমজুষে মনো মে কালিন্দীপুলিনবিপিনায় স্পৃহয়তি ॥ ৭৯ ॥

priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ saha-cari kuru-kṣetra-militas

tathāhaṁ sā rādhā tad idam ubhayoḥ saṅgama-sukham

tathāpy antaḥ-khelan-madhura-muralī-pañcama-juṣe

mano me kālindī-pulina-vipināya spṛhayati

Translation

“My dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend Kṛṣṇa on this field of Kurukṣetra. I am the same Rādhārāṇī, and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but I would still like to go to the bank of the Yamunā beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vṛndāvana.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhārāṇī Longs for Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana

  1. 1

    Rādhārāṇī addresses a dear friend after meeting Her very old and dear friend Kṛṣṇa at Kurukṣetra.

  2. 2

    The meeting is pleasant, yet She wishes to return to the bank of the Yamunā and hear His sweet flute playing the fifth note in the forest of Vṛndāvana.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed this verse and included it in the Padyāvalī, an anthology of verses he compiled.

Key points from the purport
  • This is the verse composed by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
  • It is included in the Padyāvalī (386), an anthology of verses he compiled.

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:

Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana. Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he also came to Jagannātha Purī, where he stayed with Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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. priyaḥvery dear
  2. saḥHe
  3. ayamthis
  4. kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa
  5. saha-cariO My dear friend
  6. kuru-kṣetra-militaḥwho is met on the field of Kurukṣetra
  7. tathāalso
  8. ahamI
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Key ideas in this 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: “vṛndāvana”, “yamunā”

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

  • 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

What does Rādhārāṇī still long for, even during Her pleasant meeting with Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write down the place Rādhārāṇī wishes to return to and the sound She wishes to hear.

Live this todayRādhārāṇī Longs for Kṛṣṇa in VṛndāvanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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