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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.179
গোবিন্দের মাধুরী দেখি’ বাসুদেবের ক্ষোভ ।
সে মাধুরী আস্বাদিতে উপজয় লোভ ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
govindera mādhurī dekhi’ vāsudevera kṣobha
se mādhurī āsvādite upajaya lobha
“Indeed, Vāsudeva is agitated just to see the sweetness of Govinda, and a transcendental greed awakens in Him to enjoy that sweetness.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vāsudeva becomes agitated simply by seeing the sweetness of Govinda.
That sweetness awakens a transcendental greed in Him.
Vāsudeva longs to enjoy the sweetness He sees in Govinda.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Thus the owner helped them cross the hilly tract and proceed toward Vārāṇasī. On the way, Sanātana Gosvāmī met his brother-in-law, Śrīkānta, at Hājipura, and Śrīkānta helped him after he had heard about all Sanātana’s troubles.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Vāsudeva’s longing reveal to you about Govinda’s sweetness?
Spend a quiet minute rereading the verse and considering how deeply Govinda’s sweetness attracts Vāsudeva.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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