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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 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 2.79Madhya 2.81

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.80

পূর্বে ব্ৰজবিলাসে,     যেই তিন অভিলাষে,

যত্নেহ আস্বাদ না হৈল ।

শ্রীরাধার ভাবসার,     আপনে করি’ অঙ্গীকার,

সেই তিন বস্তু আস্বাদিল ॥ ৮০ ॥

pūrve vraja-vilāse, yei tina abhilāṣe,

yatneha āsvāda nā haila

śrī-rādhāra bhāva-sāra, āpane kari’ aṅgīkāra,

sei tina vastu āsvādila

Translation

During His previous pastimes in Vṛndāvana, Lord Kṛṣṇa desired to enjoy the three different types of ecstasy, but despite great endeavor, He could not taste them. Such ecstasies are the monopoly of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Therefore, in order to taste them, Śrī Kṛṣṇa accepted the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in the form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Accepts Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s Position

  1. 1

    During His pastimes in Vṛndāvana, Lord Kṛṣṇa desired to enjoy three different types of ecstasy.

  2. 2

    Despite great endeavor, He could not taste them, because these ecstasies belong exclusively to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  3. 3

    To taste them, Śrī Kṛṣṇa accepted Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s position in the form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Thus Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself.

How it feels

Overwhelming divine separation. A preview of the last years reveals the Lord’s intense separation from Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

After the disappearance of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana. At that time the author, Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī, met Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, by whose mercy he also could memorize all the notes.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pūrveformerly
  2. vraja-vilāsein the pastimes of Vṛndāvana
  3. yei tinathose three
  4. abhilāṣein desires
  5. yatnehaby great endeavor
  6. āsvādataste
  7. nā hailathere was not
  8. śrī-rādhāraof Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
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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”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse reveal about Kṛṣṇa’s purpose in appearing as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Read the translation once more and state in your own words why Kṛṣṇa accepted Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s position.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Accepts Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s PositionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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