Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.135

kabhu yadi ei premāra ha-iye āśraya

tabe ei premānandera anubhava haya

SYNONYMS

kabhu — sometime; yadi — if; ei — this; premāra — of the love; ha-iye — I become; āśraya — the abode; tabe — then; ei — this; prema-ānandera — of the joy of love; anubhava — experience; haya — there is.

TRANSLATION

"If sometime I can be the abode of that love, only then may I taste its joy."

PURPORT

Vishaya and āśraya are two very significant words relating to the reciprocation between Krishna and His devotee. The devotee is called the āśraya, and his beloved, Krishna, is the vishaya. Different ingredients are involved in the exchange of love between the āśraya and vishaya, which are known as vibhāva, anubhāva, sāttvika and vyabhicārī. Vibhāva is divided into the two categories ālambana and uddīpana. Ālambana may be further divided into āśraya and vishaya. In the loving affairs of Rādhā and Krishna, Rādhārānī is the āśraya feature and Krishna the vishaya. The transcendental consciousness of the Lord tells Him, "I am Krishna, and I experience pleasure as the vishaya. The pleasure enjoyed by Rādhārānī, the āśraya, is many times greater than the pleasure I feel." Therefore, to feel the pleasure of the āśraya category, Lord Krishna appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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