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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.180
কৃষ্ণকে করায় শ্যামরস-মধু পান ।
নিরন্তর পূর্ণ করে কৃষ্ণের সর্বকাম ॥ ১৮০ ॥
kṛṣṇake karāya śyāma-rasa-madhu pāna
nirantara pūrṇa kare kṛṣṇera sarva-kāma
“Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī induces Kṛṣṇa to drink the honey of the conjugal relationship. She is therefore engaged in satisfying all the lusty desires of Kṛṣṇa.
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Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī induces Kṛṣṇa to drink the honey of the conjugal relationship.
The sweetness of Their conjugal relationship is described as honey.
Her engagement is to satisfy all the desires of Kṛṣṇa within that relationship.
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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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: “conjugal”, “relationship”
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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What does this description show me about Rādhārāṇī’s attention to Kṛṣṇa’s happiness?
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