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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 15.84
রাসে হরিমিহ বিহিতবিলাসম্ ।
স্মরতি মনো মম কৃতপরিহাসম্ ॥ ৮৪ ॥
rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam
smarati mano mama kṛta-parihāsam
“ ‘Here in the arena of the rāsa dance, I remember Kṛṣṇa, who is always fond of joking and performing pastimes.’”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The purport identifies Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as the singer of this verse.
In the arena of the rāsa dance, She remembers Kṛṣṇa.
She remembers Him as always fond of joking and performing pastimes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
On the night of the rāsa dance, the gopīs, bereaved by Kṛṣṇa’s absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu adopted the same transcendental thoughts as those of the gopīs and was filled with ecstatic emotion.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this verse draw my attention to about Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a quiet minute remembering Kṛṣṇa as this verse describes Him: fond of joking and performing pastimes.
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