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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.114
কি কহিব রে সখি আজুক আনন্দ ওর ।
চিরদিনে মাধব মন্দিরে মোর ॥ ১১৪ ॥ ধ্রু ॥
ki kahiba re sakhi ājuka ānanda ora
cira-dine mādhava mandire mora
Advaita Ācārya said, “ ‘My dear friends, what shall I say? Today I have received the highest transcendental pleasure. After many, many days, Lord Kṛṣṇa is in My house.’”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya expressed the highest transcendental pleasure: after many, many days, Lord Kṛṣṇa was in His house.
This song was composed by Vidyāpati. Here mādhava refers to Kṛṣṇa, not to Mādhavendra Purī, whose disciple Advaita Ācārya was.
The song commemorates Rādhārāṇī’s separation from Kṛṣṇa during His absence in Mathurā. It is thought to have been sung by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī when Kṛṣṇa returned and is technically called Mathurā-viraha.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
This house was located at Śāntipura. Mother Śacīdevī cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, and at that time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”, “absence”
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’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Advaita Ācārya’s expression of pleasure reveal about welcoming Kṛṣṇa?
Read Advaita Ācārya’s words aloud once, pausing to reflect on His joy that Kṛṣṇa is in His house.
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