CC Adi 4.145

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

CC Adi 4.144

CC Adi 4.146

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 145

vicāra kariye yadi āsvāda-upāya
rādhikā-svarūpa ha-ite tabe mana dhāya

SYNONYMS

vicāra—consideration; kariye—I do; yadi—if; āsvāda—to taste; upāya—way; rādhikā-svarūpa—the nature of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; ha-ite—to become; tabe—then; mana—mind; dhāya—chases.

TRANSLATION

“If I deliberate on a way to taste it, I find that I hanker for the position of Rādhikā.”

PURPORT

Kṛṣṇa’s attractiveness is wonderful and unlimited. No one can know the end of it. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī alone can relish such extensiveness from Her position in the āśraya category. The mirror of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s transcendental love is perfectly clear, yet it appears clearer and clearest in the transcendental method of understanding Kṛṣṇa. In the mirror of Rādhārāṇī’s heart, the transcendental features of Kṛṣṇa appear increasingly new and fresh. In other words, the attraction of Kṛṣṇa increases in proportion to the understanding of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Each tries to supersede the other. Neither wants to be defeated in increasing the intensity of love. Desiring to understand Rādhārāṇī’s attitude of increasing love, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.