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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.179
সে প্রতিজ্ঞা ভঙ্গ হৈল গোপীর ভজনে ।
তাহাতে প্রমাণ কৃষ্ণ–শ্রীমুখবচনে ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
se pratijñā bhaṅga haila gopīra bhajane
tāhāte pramāṇa kṛṣṇa-śrī-mukha-vacane
That promise has been broken by the worship of the gopīs, as Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself admits.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The worship of the gopīs has caused Lord Kṛṣṇa’s promise to be broken.
Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself admits that His promise has been broken.
The verse draws attention to the extraordinary nature of the gopīs’ worship.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Therefore, to know the transcendental pleasure of loving Kṛṣṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself appeared as Lord Caitanya, accepting the emotions and bodily luster of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Kṛṣṇa’s own admission help me appreciate about the gopīs’ worship?
Read the translation slowly and pause to appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s acknowledgment of the gopīs’ worship.
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