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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.148
আপন-মাধুর্যে হরে আপনার মন ।
আপনা আপনি চাহে করিতে আলিঙ্গন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
āpana-mādhurye hare āpanāra mana
āpanā āpani cāhe karite āliṅgana
“Lord Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness is so attractive that it steals away His own mind. Thus even He wants to embrace Himself.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness is deeply attractive.
His sweetness is so attractive that it steals away His own mind.
Attracted by His own sweetness, He even wants to embrace Himself.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about Kṛṣṇa being attracted by His own sweetness?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the sweetness described in this verse.
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