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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.201
রাধাকৃষ্ণের লীলা এই অতি গূঢ়তর ।
দাস্য-বাৎসল্যাদি-ভাবে না হয় গোচর ॥ ২০১ ॥
rādhā-kṛṣṇera līlā ei ati gūḍhatara
dāsya-vātsalyādi-bhāve nā haya gocara
“The pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are very confidential. They cannot be understood through the mellows of servitude, fraternity or parental affection.
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The pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are very confidential.
They cannot be understood through the mellows of servitude or fraternity.
Parental affection also does not provide the means to understand these confidential pastimes.
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:
Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love.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: “mellows”, “servitude”, “fraternity”
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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Can I approach these confidential pastimes without assuming that I already understand them?
Read the translation slowly and note the three mellows through which these pastimes cannot be understood.
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