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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.285
গোপীগণ দেখি’ কৃষ্ণের হইল সাধ্বস ।
লুকাইতে নারিল, ভয়ে হৈলা বিবশ ॥ ২৮৫ ॥
gopī-gaṇa dekhi’ kṛṣṇera ha-ila sādhvasa
lukāite nārila, bhaye hailā vibaśa
As soon as Kṛṣṇa saw all the gopīs, He was struck with emotion. Thus He could not hide Himself, and out of fear He became motionless.
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As soon as Kṛṣṇa saw all the gopīs, He was struck with emotion.
He could not hide Himself.
Out of fear, He became motionless.
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:
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. But if we accept the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can understand that everything is possible.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: “gopīs”
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What does the description of Kṛṣṇa’s response invite me to notice about His emotions here?
Pause over the three details of Kṛṣṇa’s response: emotion, inability to hide, and becoming motionless out of fear.
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