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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.194
এই শ্লোক কহিয়াছেন রাধা-ঠাকুরাণী ।
তাঁর কৃপায় স্ফুরিয়াছে মাধবেন্দ্র-বাণী ॥ ১৯৪ ॥
ei śloka kahiyāchena rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī
tāṅra kṛpāya sphuriyāche mādhavendra-vāṇī
Actually this verse was spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī Herself, and by Her mercy only was it manifest in the words of Mādhavendra Purī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This verse was originally spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī Herself.
It became manifest in the words of Mādhavendra Purī.
Only by Her mercy did Mādhavendra Purī express this verse.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
When He recited some verses composed by Mādhavendra Purī, He went into an ecstatic mood. But when He saw that many people were assembled, He checked Himself and ate some sweet rice prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the 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”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does recognizing the source of this verse help me appreciate the mercy behind it?
Read the translation slowly, pausing over the words “by Her mercy only.”
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