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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.141Madhya 8.143

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.142

অখিলরসামৃতমূর্তিঃ

প্রসৃমর-রুচিরুদ্ধ-তারকা-পালিঃ ।

কলিত-শ্যামা-ললিতো

রাধাপ্রেয়ান্ বিধুর্জয়তি ॥ ১৪২ ॥

akhila-rasāmṛta-mūrtiḥ prasṛmara-ruci-ruddha-tārakā-pāliḥ

kalita-śyāmā-lalito rādhā-preyān vidhur jayati

Translation

“ ‘Let Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, be glorified! By virtue of His expanding attractive features, He subjugated the gopīs named Tārakā and Pāli and absorbed the minds of Śyāmā and Lalitā. He is the most attractive lover of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and is the reservoir of pleasure for devotees in all transcendental mellows.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa gives pleasure in every devotional relationship

  1. 1

    Everyone has a particular transcendental mellow by which they love and serve Kṛṣṇa. He is the most attractive feature for every kind of devotee.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is called akhila-rasāmṛta-mūrti, the transcendental form of attraction for all kinds of devotees. These relationships include śānta-rasa, dāsya-rasa, sakhya-rasa, vātsalya-rasa and mādhurya-rasa.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is the most attractive lover of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. He is the reservoir of pleasure for devotees in all transcendental mellows.

Key points from the purport
  • Everyone has a particular transcendental mellow by which he loves and serves Kṛṣṇa.
  • Kṛṣṇa is the most attractive feature for every kind of devotee.
  • He is therefore called akhila-rasāmṛta-mūrti, the transcendental form of attraction for all kinds of devotees, whether the devotee be in the śānta-rasa, dāsya-rasa, sakhya-rasa, vātsalya-rasa or mādhurya-rasa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilāsa-vivarta.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. akhila-rasa-amṛta-mūrtiḥthe reservoir of all pleasure, in which exist all the mellows of devotional service, namely śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya and mādhurya
  2. prasṛmaraspreading forth
  3. ruciby His bodily luster
  4. ruddhawho has subjugated
  5. tārakāthe gopī named Tārakā
  6. pāliḥthe gopī named Pāli
  7. kalitawho has absorbed the minds of
  8. śyāmāthe gopī named Śyāmā
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”, “mellow”, “relationships”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lover”, “love”

  • 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.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse broaden my appreciation of the different ways devotees love and serve Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Offer the verse’s simple praise today: “Let Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, be glorified!”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa gives pleasure in every devotional relationshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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