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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.195
কিবা গৌরচন্দ্র ইহা করে আস্বাদন ।
ইহা আস্বাদিতে আর নাহি চৌঠজন ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
kibā gauracandra ihā kare āsvādana
ihā āsvādite āra nāhi cauṭha-jana
Only Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has tasted the poetry of this verse. No fourth man is capable of understanding it.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tasted the poetry of this verse.
The purport identifies Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Mādhavendra Purī and Caitanya Mahāprabhu as capable of understanding its meaning.
No fourth person is capable of understanding it.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated this story for Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees and praised the pure devotional service of Mādhavendra Purī. When He recited some verses composed by Mādhavendra Purī, He went into an ecstatic mood.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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I approach this verse respectfully without assuming that I fully understand it?
Pause before reading and acknowledge that this verse's meaning is beyond your present understanding.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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