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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.62

বিশাখারে রাধা যৈছে শ্লোক কহিলা ।

সেই শ্লোক মহাপ্রভু পড়িতে লাগিলা ॥ ৬২ ॥

viśākhāre rādhā yaiche śloka kahilā

sei śloka mahāprabhu paḍite lāgilā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then recited the following verse, which was spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to Her dear friend Viśākhā.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Reciting Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s Words

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then recited a verse.

  2. 2

    The verse had been spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to Her dear friend Viśākhā.

  3. 3

    In the following verse, Her words describe Kṛṣṇa’s beauty and Her increasing desire to see Him.

How it feels

Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.

The mood of Antya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from the Gīta-govinda just suitable to the Lord’s emotions. Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. viśākhāreto Viśākhā
  2. rādhāŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  3. yaicheas
  4. śloka kahilārecited a verse
  5. seithat
  6. ślokaverse
  7. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. paḍite lāgilābegan to recite
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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 knowing who spoke these words help you approach the following verse?

Practice

Read the following verse once, remembering that Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is speaking to Her dear friend Viśākhā.

Live this todayReciting Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s WordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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