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  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 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.181Madhya 20.183

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.182

অপরিকলিতপূর্বঃ কশ্চমৎকারকারী

স্ফুরতু মম গরীয়ানেষ মাধুর্যপূরঃ ।

অয়মহমপি হন্ত প্রেক্ষ্য যং লুব্ধচেতাঃ

সরভসমুপভোক্তুং কাময়ে রাধিকেব ॥ ১৮২ ॥

aparikalita-pūrvaḥ kaś camatkāra-kārī

sphuratu mama garīyān eṣa mādhurya-pūraḥ

ayam aham api hanta prekṣya yaṁ lubdha-cetāḥ

sarabhasam upabhoktuṁ kāmaye rādhikeva

Translation

“ ‘Who manifests an abundance of sweetness greater than Mine, which has never been experienced before and which causes wonder to all? Alas, I Myself, My mind bewildered upon seeing this beauty, impetuously desire to enjoy it like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sweetness That Amazes Even Its Beholder

  1. 1

    Vāsudeva in Dvārakā speaks of an abundance of sweetness never experienced before, which causes wonder to all.

  2. 2

    Seeing this beauty, His own mind becomes bewildered. He eagerly desires to enjoy it like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī also records this statement in his Lalita-mādhava.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse spoken by Vāsudeva in Dvārakā is also recorded by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Lalita-mādhava (8.34).

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

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

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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

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. Thus Sanātana Gosvāmī finally arrived at Vārāṇasī and stood before the door of Candraśekhara.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. aparikalitanot experienced
  2. pūrvaḥpreviously
  3. kaḥwho
  4. camatkāra-kārīcausing wonder
  5. sphuratumanifests
  6. mamaMy
  7. garīyānmore great
  8. eṣaḥthis
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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”

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

What strikes you about Vāsudeva’s wonder and desire to enjoy this sweetness?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, pausing over the words expressing wonder and sweetness.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todaySweetness That Amazes Even Its BeholderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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