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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.237
বংশীবাদ্যে গোপীগণের বনে আকর্ষণ ।
তাঁ–সবার সঙ্গে যৈছে বন–বিহরণ ॥ ২৩৭ ॥
vaṁśī-vādye gopī-gaṇera vane ākarṣaṇa
tāṅ-sabāra saṅge yaiche vana-viharaṇa
Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura extensively explained how the gopīs were attracted to the forests of Vṛndāvana by the vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute and how they wandered together in the forest.
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Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura extensively described the gopīs’ attraction to Kṛṣṇa’s flute.
The vibration of His flute attracted them to the forests of Vṛndāvana.
Śrīvāsa also explained how the gopīs wandered together in the forest.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life. It appears contradictory that the same Kṛṣṇa accepted the ecstasy of the gopīs, and of course this is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”, “gopīs’”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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What draws my attention in this description of the gopīs responding to Kṛṣṇa’s flute?
Read the translation aloud once, attending to how Kṛṣṇa’s flute attracted the gopīs.
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