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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.191
আমার দর্শনে কৃষ্ণ পাইল এত সুখ ।
এই সুখে গোপীর প্রফুল্ল অঙ্গমুখ ॥ ১৯১ ॥
āmāra darśane kṛṣṇa pāila eta sukha
ei sukhe gopīra praphulla aṅga-mukha
[The gopīs think:] “Kṛṣṇa has obtained so much pleasure by seeing me.” That thought increases the fullness and beauty of their faces and bodies.
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The gopīs think that Kṛṣṇa has obtained great pleasure by seeing them.
Their thought centers on the pleasure He has received.
That thought increases the fullness and beauty of their faces and bodies.
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:
The Lord thought that undoubtedly Rādhārāṇī enjoyed His company and He enjoyed the company of Rādhārāṇī, but the exchange of transcendental mellow between the spiritual couple was more pleasing to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī than to Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Rādhārāṇī felt more transcendental pleasure in the company of Kṛṣṇa than He could understand without taking Her position, but for Śrī Kṛṣṇa to enjoy in the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī was impossible because that position was completely foreign to Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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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 can I learn from the gopīs’ attention to Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure?
Read the gopīs’ thought aloud once, then pause to consider its focus on Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure.
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