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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.181Madhya 8.183-184

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.182

কা কৃষ্ণস্য প্রণয়জনিভূঃ শ্রীমতী রাধিকৈকা

কাস্য প্রেয়স্যনুপমগুণা রাধিকৈকা ন চান্যা ।

জৈহ্ম্যং কেশে দৃশি তরলতা নিষ্ঠুরত্বং কুচেঽস্যা

বাঞ্ছাপূর্ত্যৈ প্রভবতি হরে রাধিকৈকা ন চান্যা ॥ ১৮২ ॥

kā kṛṣṇasya praṇaya-jani-bhūḥ śrīmatī rādhikaikā

kāsya preyasy anupama-guṇā rādhikaikā na cānyā

jaihmyaṁ keśe dṛśi taralatā niṣṭhuratvaṁ kuce ’syā

vāñchā-pūrtyai prabhavati hare rādhikaikā na cānyā

Translation

“ ‘If one asks about the origin of love of Kṛṣṇa, the answer is that the origin is in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī alone. Who is the most dear friend of Kṛṣṇa? The answer again is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī alone. No one else. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s hair is very curly, Her two eyes are always moving to and fro, and Her breasts are firm. Since all transcendental qualities are manifested in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, She alone is able to fulfill all the desires of Kṛṣṇa. No one else.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhārāṇī Alone Fulfills All Kṛṣṇa’s Desires

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    This quotation from Śrī Govinda-līlāmṛta by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s glories through questions and answers.

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    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī alone is the origin of love of Kṛṣṇa and His most dear friend.

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    All transcendental qualities are manifested in Her. She alone can fulfill all the desires of Kṛṣṇa.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a quotation from Śrī Govinda-līlāmṛta (11.122) by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.
  • It is a verse in the form of questions and answers describing the glories of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kāwho
  2. kṛṣṇasyaof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  3. praṇaya-jani-bhūḥthe birthplace of love of Kṛṣṇa
  4. śrīmatīall-beautiful
  5. rādhikāŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  6. ekāalone
  7. kāwho
  8. asyaHis
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”, “rādhārāṇī’s”

  • 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 krsna”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do these questions and answers reveal to me about Rādhārāṇī’s unique position?

Practice

Write the question “Who is the most dear friend of Kṛṣṇa?” and its answer from the translation.

Live this todayRādhārāṇī Alone Fulfills All Kṛṣṇa’s DesiresThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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