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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.188
তাঁ সবার নাহি নিজসুখ–অনুরোধ ।
তথাপি বাড়য়ে সুখ, পড়িল বিরোধ ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
tāṅ sabāra nāhi nija-sukha-anurodha
tathāpi bāḍhaye sukha, paḍila virodha
The gopīs have no inclination for their own enjoyment, and yet their joy increases. That is indeed a contradiction.
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The gopīs have no inclination for their own enjoyment.
Yet their joy continues to increase.
The verse presents this increase of joy without seeking enjoyment as a contradiction.
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:
These were secondary reasons. Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was the principal figure among Lord Caitanya’s confidential devotees.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.
How does this verse challenge my assumption that joy must be sought for myself?
Read the translation slowly, noticing both the absence of personal desire and the increase of joy.
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