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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 8.93Madhya 8.95

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.94

যদ্যপি কৃষ্ণ-সৌন্দর্য — মাধুর্যের ধুর্য ।

ব্রজদেবীর সঙ্গে তাঁর বাড়য়ে মাধুর্য ॥ ৯৪ ॥

yadyapi kṛṣṇa-saundarya — mādhuryera dhurya

vraja-devīra saṅge tāṅra bāḍaye mādhurya

Translation

“Although Kṛṣṇa’s unparalleled beauty is the topmost sweetness of love of Godhead, His sweetness increases unlimitedly when He is in the company of the gopīs. Consequently Kṛṣṇa’s exchange of love with the gopīs is the topmost perfection of love of Godhead.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Highest Perfection of Loving Exchange

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa and His devotees become perfectly intimate in conjugal love of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa's unparalleled beauty is the topmost sweetness of love of Godhead. His sweetness increases unlimitedly in the company of the gopīs.

  3. 3

    His exchange of love with the gopīs is the topmost perfection of love of Godhead. In other mellows, the Lord and His devotees do not enjoy transcendental bliss as perfectly.

Key points from the purport
  • Kṛṣṇa and His devotees become perfectly intimate in conjugal love of Godhead.
  • In other mellows, the Lord and the devotees do not enjoy transcendental bliss as perfectly.
  • The next verse (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.33.6) will illustrate this point.

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 8.94 quotesSB 10.33.6

The next verse (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.33.6) will illustrate this point.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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. yadyapialthough
  2. kṛṣṇa-saundaryathe beauty of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  3. mādhuryeraof sweetness
  4. dhuryathe supermost
  5. vraja-devīrathe gopīs
  6. saṅgein company with
  7. tāṅraHis
  8. bāḍayeincreases
  9. mādhuryathe sweetness
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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 of godhead”

  • 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”, “conjugal”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “company of”

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

How does this teaching help me appreciate the importance of loving exchange between Kṛṣṇa and His devotees?

Practice

Reread the translation and note how the gopīs’ company increases Kṛṣṇa's sweetness.

Live this todayThe Highest Perfection of Loving ExchangeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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