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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.143
শৃঙ্গার-রসরাজময়-মূর্তিধর ।
অতএব আত্মপর্যন্ত-সর্ব-চিত্ত-হর ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
śṛṅgāra-rasarāja-maya-mūrti-dhara
ataeva ātma-paryanta-sarva-citta-hara
“Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive for devotees in all mellows because He is the personification of the conjugal mellow. Kṛṣṇa is attractive not only to all the devotees, but to Himself as well.
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Kṛṣṇa is the personification of the conjugal mellow.
Because of this, He is all-attractive to devotees in every transcendental mellow.
Kṛṣṇa’s attraction extends even to Himself.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
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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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Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mellows”, “conjugal”, “mellow”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Kṛṣṇa’s attraction to Himself suggest to me about His attractiveness?
Reread the translation and spend a moment reflecting on the words “to Himself as well.”
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