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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.216
রাধা-সঙ্গে যদা ভাতি তদা ‘মদনমোহনঃ’ ।
অন্যথা বিশ্বমোহোঽপি স্বয়ং ‘মদনমোহিতঃ’ ॥ ২১৬ ॥
rādhā-saṅge yadā bhāti
tadā ‘madana-mohanaḥ’
anyathā viśva-moho ’pi
svayaṁ ‘madana-mohitaḥ’
The female parrot said, “When Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is with Rādhārāṇī, He is the enchanter of Cupid; otherwise, when He is alone, He Himself is enchanted by erotic feelings even though He enchants the whole universe.”
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The female parrot said that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the enchanter of Cupid when He is with Rādhārāṇī.
When He is alone, He Himself is enchanted by erotic feelings.
She described this contrast even though Kṛṣṇa enchants the whole universe.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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 contrast does the female parrot draw between Kṛṣṇa with Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa alone?
Reread the verse and identify its two descriptions of Kṛṣṇa: with Rādhārāṇī and alone.
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