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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 Madhya 14.74

রাধা-সঙ্গে কৃষ্ণ-লীলা — এই হৈল জ্ঞানে ।

এই রসে মগ্ন প্রভু হইলা আপনে ॥ ৭৪ ॥

rādhā-saṅge kṛṣṇa-līlā — ei haila jñāne

ei rase magna prabhu ha-ilā āpane

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was always thinking of the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and He remained personally merged in this consciousness.

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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.

Absorbed in Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was always thinking of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

  2. 2

    His remembrance of these pastimes was constant.

  3. 3

    He remained personally merged in this consciousness.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rādhā-saṅgewith Rādhārāṇī
  2. kṛṣṇa-līlāpastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  3. ei haila jñānethis was His consciousness
  4. ei rase magnamerged in this mellow
  5. prabhuLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. ha-ilā āpaneremained personally
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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: “rādhā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about His constant absorption in Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute reflecting on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s remembrance of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayAbsorbed in Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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