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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.288
তাঁর ভাবে ভাবিত করি’ আত্ম-মন ।
তবে নিজ-মাধুর্য করি আস্বাদন ॥ ২৮৮ ॥
tāṅra bhāve bhāvita kari’ ātma-mana
tabe nija-mādhurya kari āsvādana
“I have now converted My body and mind into the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; thus I am tasting My own personal sweetness in that form.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa. Both are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead.
By accepting the complexion and ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa tastes His own transcendental sweetness. In His Gaurāṅga feature, He tastes separation from Kṛṣṇa in Her ecstasy.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the embodiment of spiritual energy, personified as ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Without Her, one cannot taste the transcendental pleasure of Kṛṣṇa’s conjugal love.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Gradually Rāmānanda Rāya could understand the position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His real form, Rāmānanda Rāya fell unconscious. After some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the 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 for krsna”, “ecstatic 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: “rādhārāṇī”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself shape your understanding of His ecstasy?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the teaching that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Kṛṣṇa are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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