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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.115
ইতস্ততঃ ভ্রমি’ কাহাঁ রাধা না পাঞা ।
বিষাদ করেন কামবাণে খিন্ন হঞা ॥ ১১৫ ॥
itas-tataḥ bhrami’ kāhāṅ rādhā nā pāñā
viṣāda karena kāma-bāṇe khinna hañā
“When Kṛṣṇa went out to search for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, He wandered here and there. Not finding Her, He became afflicted by the arrow of Cupid and began to lament.
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Kṛṣṇa wandered here and there in search of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Despite His searching, He did not find Her.
He became afflicted by the arrow of Cupid and began to lament.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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 conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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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”
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: “lament”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do Kṛṣṇa’s searching and lamenting show about His longing for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?
Take a quiet moment to reflect on the words “He wandered here and there.”
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