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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.288
“নমো নারায়ণ, দেব করহ প্রসাদ ।
কৃষ্ণসঙ্গ দেহ’ মোর ঘুচাহ বিষাদ ॥” ২৮৮ ॥
“namo nārāyaṇa, deva karaha prasāda
kṛṣṇa-saṅga deha’ mora ghucāha viṣāda”
“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.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
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.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “merciful”, “mercy”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lamentation”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the gopīs’ prayer reveal about their longing for Kṛṣṇa?
Read the gopīs’ prayer aloud, giving special attention to their request for Kṛṣṇa’s association.
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