Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 4.211
Kṛṣṇa Declares the Gopīs’ Many Roles
“O Pārtha, I speak to you the truth. The gopīs are My helpers, teachers, disciples, servants, friends and consorts. I do not know what they are not to Me.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke this verse in the Gopī-premāmṛta, assuring Pārtha that He speaks the truth.
- He calls the gopīs His helpers, teachers, disciples, servants, friends and consorts.
- He declares, “I do not know what they are not to Me.”
Try this today
Read Kṛṣṇa’s final sentence aloud and pause to reflect on how much the gopīs mean to Him.
Ask yourself
What strikes me about the way Kṛṣṇa Himself describes the gopīs?
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.