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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.179
এই ভাব-যুক্ত দেখি’ রাধাস্য-নয়ন ।
সঙ্গম হইতে সুখ পায় কোটি-গুণ ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
ei bhāva-yukta dekhi’ rādhāsya-nayana
saṅgama ha-ite sukha pāya koṭi-guṇa
“Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is thousands upon thousands of times more satisfied when He sees Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s face light up from this combination of ecstatic love than He is by direct union with Her.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s face lights up from this combination of ecstatic love.
Seeing Her face gives Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa thousands upon thousands of times more satisfaction than direct union with Her.
The purport points to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi for further explanation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.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’s”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction reveal about the beauty of Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love?
Reread the translation once, focusing on what brings Kṛṣṇa such great satisfaction.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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