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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.303
অতএব আপনে প্রভু গোপীভাব ধরি’ ।
ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দনে কহে ‘প্রাণনাথ’ করি’ ॥ ৩০৩ ॥
ataeva āpane prabhu gopī-bhāva dhari’
vrajendra-nandane kahe ‘prāṇa-nātha’ kari’
Therefore the Lord Himself, accepting the emotional ecstasy of the gopīs, now addresses the son of Nanda Mahārāja, “O master of My life! O My dear husband!”
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The Lord Himself accepts the emotional ecstasy of the gopīs.
In this ecstasy, He addresses the son of Nanda Mahārāja.
He calls Him “O master of My life! O My dear husband!”
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: “gopīs”, “nanda”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What affection do I notice in the Lord’s words to the son of Nanda Mahārāja?
Read the Lord’s two expressions of affection slowly, giving attention to their meaning.
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