Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.288
The Gopīs Long for Kṛṣṇa’s Association
“O Lord Nārāyaṇa, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You. Kindly be merciful to us. Give us the association of Kṛṣṇa and thus vanquish our lamentation.”
What the purport teaches
- The gopīs were not made happy even by seeing the four-armed form of Nārāyaṇa.
- They nevertheless offered their respects to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and asked for His mercy.
- They begged for Kṛṣṇa’s association to vanquish their lamentation. This reveals their ecstatic feeling.
Try this today
Read the gopīs’ prayer aloud, giving special attention to their request for Kṛṣṇa’s association.
Ask yourself
What does the gopīs’ prayer reveal about their longing for Kṛṣṇa?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.