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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.157
কৃষ্ণকে আহ্লাদে, তা’তে নাম — ‘হ্লাদিনী’ ।
সেই শক্তি-দ্বারে সুখ আস্বাদে আপনি ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
kṛṣṇake āhlāde, tā’te nāma — ‘hlādinī’
sei śakti-dvāre sukha āsvāde āpani
“The potency called hlādinī gives Kṛṣṇa transcendental pleasure. Through this pleasure potency, Kṛṣṇa personally tastes all spiritual pleasure.
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The potency called hlādinī gives Kṛṣṇa transcendental pleasure.
Hlādinī is Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure potency.
Through this potency, Kṛṣṇa personally tastes all spiritual pleasure.
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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What does it mean to you that Kṛṣṇa personally tastes spiritual pleasure?
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