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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.211Madhya 17.213

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.212

শ্রীরাধিকায়াঃ প্রিয়তা সুরূপতা

সুশীলতা নর্তনগানচাতুরী ।

গুণালিসম্পৎ কবিতা চ রাজতে

জগন্মনোমোহন-চিত্তমোহিনী ॥ ২১২ ॥

śrī-rādhikāyāḥ priyatā su-rūpatā

su-śīlatā nartana-gāna-cāturī

guṇāli-sampat kavitā ca rājate

jagan-mano-mohana-citta-mohinī

Translation

The female parrot said, “Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s affection, Her exquisite beauty and good behavior, Her artistic dancing and chanting and Her poetic compositions are all so attractive that they attract the mind of Kṛṣṇa, who attracts the mind of everyone in the universe.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhārāṇī Attracts the One Who Attracts Everyone

  1. 1

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s affection, exquisite beauty and good behavior attract Kṛṣṇa’s mind.

  2. 2

    Her artistic dancing and chanting and Her poetic compositions are also attractive to Him.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa attracts the mind of everyone in the universe, yet His mind is attracted by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is also found in the Govinda-līlāmṛta (13.30).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.

The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place. Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śrī-rādhikāyāḥof Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  2. priyatāaffection
  3. su-rūpatāexquisite beauty
  4. su-śīlatāgood behavior
  5. nartana-gānain chanting and dancing
  6. cāturīartistry
  7. guṇa-āli-sampatpossession of such transcendental qualities
  8. kavitāpoetry
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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: “rādhārāṇī’s”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanting”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s qualities named here would you like to reflect on more deeply?

Practice

Choose one quality of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī listed here and spend a minute remembering how it attracts Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayRādhārāṇī Attracts the One Who Attracts EveryoneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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