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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 8.185 Madhya 8.187

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.186

প্রভু কহে, — “জানিলুঁ কৃষ্ণ-রাধা-প্রেম-তত্ত্ব ।

শুনিতে চাহিয়ে দুঁহার বিলাস-মহত্ত্ব ॥” ১৮৬ ॥

prabhu kahe, — jāniluṅ kṛṣṇa-rādhā-prema-tattva

śunite cāhiye duṅhāra vilāsa-mahattva

Translation

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Now I have come to understand the truth of the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Nonetheless, I still want to hear how both of Them gloriously enjoy such love.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understanding Deepens the Desire to Hear

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Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says He has now understood the truth of the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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Nonetheless, He still wants to hear more.
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He specifically asks to hear how Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa gloriously enjoy such love.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

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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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhu kaheLord Śrī Caitanya replied
jāniluṅnow I have understood
kṛṣṇaof Lord Kṛṣṇa
rādhāof Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
premaof the loving affairs
tattvathe truth
śuniteto hear
cāhiyeI desire
duṅhāraof both of Them
vilāsa-mahattvathe greatness of the enjoyment

Key ideas in this verse

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”
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: “rādhā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Does what I have understood awaken a desire to hear more about Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Reread this translation aloud, giving special attention to the words “I still want to hear.”

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