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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.172
যবে আসি’ মানা করে পুষ্প উঠাইতে ।
সখী-আগে চাহে যদি গায়ে হাত দিতে ॥ ১৭২ ॥
yabe āsi’ mānā kare puṣpa uṭhāite
sakhī-āge cāhe yadi gāye hāta dite
“Approaching Her, Kṛṣṇa prohibits Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī from picking flowers. He may also touch Her in front of Her friends.
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Kṛṣṇa approaches Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
He prohibits Her from picking flowers.
He may also touch Her in front of Her friends.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana. He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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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