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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.92
নায়ক, নায়িকা, — দুই রসের ‘আলম্বন’ ।
সেই দুই শ্রেষ্ঠ, — রাধা, ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ॥ ৯২ ॥
nāyaka, nāyikā, — dui rasera ‘ālambana’
sei dui śreṣṭha, — rādhā, vrajendra-nandana
“The basis of all transcendental mellows is the hero and the heroine, and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, are the best.
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The hero and the heroine are the basis of all transcendental mellows.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Lord Kṛṣṇa are the best heroine and hero.
Lord Kṛṣṇa is identified here as the son of Mahārāja Nanda.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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:
There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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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”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mellows”
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: “nanda”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this teaching place at the center of transcendental mellows?
Read the translation aloud once, attending to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Lord Kṛṣṇa as the best heroine and hero.
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