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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.160
প্রেমের পরম-সার ‘মহাভাব’ জানি ।
সেই মহাভাবরূপা রাধা-ঠাকুরাণী ॥ ১৬০ ॥
premera parama-sāra ‘mahābhāva’ jāni
sei mahābhāva-rūpā rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī
“The essential part of love of Godhead is called mahābhāva, transcendental ecstasy, and that ecstasy is represented by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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The essential part of love of Godhead is called mahābhāva.
Mahābhāva means transcendental ecstasy.
This transcendental ecstasy is represented by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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:
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “love of godhead”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this verse teach you about Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s relationship to love of Godhead?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as the representation of mahābhāva.
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