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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.287
‘ইহোঁ কৃষ্ণ নহে, ইহোঁ নারায়ণমূর্তি ।’
এত বলি’ তাঁরে সভে করে নতি–স্তুতি ॥ ২৮৭ ॥
‘ihoṅ kṛṣṇa nahe, ihoṅ nārāyaṇa mūrti’
eta bali’ tāṅre sabhe kare nati-stuti
“He is not Kṛṣṇa! He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa.” After saying this, they offered obeisances and the following respectful prayers.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The gopīs said that the person before them was not Kṛṣṇa.
They recognized Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa.
They offered obeisances and respectful prayers.
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:
But if we accept the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can understand that everything is possible. There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency.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.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do the gopīs express their respect for Nārāyaṇa?
Pause today to offer respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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