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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.88
পরিপূর্ণ-কৃষ্ণপ্রাপ্তি এই ‘প্রেমা’ হৈতে ।
এই প্রেমার বশ কৃষ্ণ — কহে ভাগবতে ॥ ৮৮ ॥
paripūrṇa-kṛṣṇa-prāpti ei ‘premā’ haite
ei premāra vaśa kṛṣṇa — kahe bhāgavate
“Complete attainment of the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa is made possible by love of Godhead, specifically mādhurya-rasa, or conjugal love. Lord Kṛṣṇa is indeed captivated by this standard of love. This is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Complete attainment of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet is made possible by love of Godhead, specifically mādhurya-rasa. Kṛṣṇa is captivated by this love.
The material elements illustrate how qualities accumulate: sky has sound, and earth contains sound, touch, form, taste and smell.
Conjugal love contains neutrality, servitorship, fraternity and parental affection, along with its own qualities. Through conjugal love the Lord is completely satisfied.
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:
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: “conjugal”, “fraternity”, “parental”
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 godhead”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Kṛṣṇa’s being captivated by love teach me about what satisfies Him?
Write the five qualities of earth beside the five kinds of affection included in conjugal love, using the purport’s comparison.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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