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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.78
শ্রীরাধিকা কুরুক্ষেত্রে কৃষ্ণের দরশন ।
যদ্যপি পায়েন, তবু ভাবেন ঐছন ॥ ৭৮ ॥
śrī-rādhikā kurukṣetre kṛṣṇera daraśana
yadyapi pāyena, tabu bhāvena aichana
The subject of His thoughts was Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who met Kṛṣṇa on the field of Kurukṣetra. Although She met Kṛṣṇa there, She was nonetheless thinking of Him in the following way.
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The subject of His thoughts was Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
She had met Kṛṣṇa on the field of Kurukṣetra.
Although She met Him there, She was still thinking of Him in a particular way. The translation prepares us to hear those thoughts.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 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:
All of these are described in brief. There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I notice about the distinction between meeting Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī's thoughts during that meeting?
Write one sentence identifying whom His thoughts concerned and where She met Kṛṣṇa.
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