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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 4.175Ādi 4.177

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.176

এবং মদর্থোজ্‌ঝিতলোকবেদ–

স্বানাং হি বো ময্যনুবৃত্তয়েঽবলাঃ ।

ময়া পরোক্ষং ভজতা তিরোহিতং

মাসূয়িতুং মার্হথ তৎ প্রিয়ং প্রিয়াঃ ॥ ১৭৬ ॥

evaṁ mad-arthojjhita-loka-veda-

svānāṁ hi vo mayy anuvṛttaye ’balāḥ

mayā parokṣaṁ bhajatā tirohitaṁ

māsūyituṁ mārhatha tat priyaṁ priyāḥ

Translation

“O My beloved gopīs, you have renounced social customs, scriptural injunctions and your relatives for My sake. I disappeared behind you only to increase your concentration upon Me. Since I disappeared for your benefit, you should not be displeased with Me.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Explains His Disappearance

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke these words when He returned to the arena of the rāsa-līlā. He acknowledged that the gopīs had renounced social customs, scriptural injunctions and relatives for His sake.

  2. 2

    He explained that He disappeared only to increase their concentration upon Him.

  3. 3

    His disappearance was for their benefit. He therefore asked them not to be displeased with Him.

Key points from the purport
  • This text from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.32.21) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa when He returned to the arena of the rāsa-līlā.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 4.176 quotesSB 10.32.21

This text from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.32.21) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa when He returned to the arena of the rāsa-līlā.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.

The mood of Ādi 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Lord Caitanya appeared in order to fulfill these confidential desires, and also to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare and to answer the call of Advaita Prabhu. These were secondary reasons.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. evamthus
  2. mat-arthafor Me
  3. ujjhitarejected
  4. lokapopular customs
  5. vedaVedic injunctions
  6. svānāmown families
  7. hicertainly
  8. vaḥof you
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rāsa-līlā”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Kṛṣṇa’s explanation help you understand His disappearance from the gopīs?

Practice

Reread Kṛṣṇa’s explanation, then spend one quiet minute concentrating upon Him.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Explains His DisappearanceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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