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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.192
গোপী–শোভা দেখি’ কৃষ্ণের শোভা বাড়ে যত ।
কৃষ্ণ–শোভা দেখি’ গোপীর শোভা বাড়ে তত ॥ ১৯২ ॥
gopī-śobhā dekhi’ kṛṣṇera śobhā bāḍhe yata
kṛṣṇa-śobhā dekhi’ gopīra śobhā bāḍhe tata
The beauty of Lord Kṛṣṇa increases at the sight of the beauty of the gopīs. And the more the gopīs see Lord Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, the more their beauty increases.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa sees the beauty of the gopīs, and His own beauty increases.
The more the gopīs see Lord Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, the more their beauty increases.
The verse describes an increase of beauty on both sides through seeing one another.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
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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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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 do I notice about the mutual increase of beauty described here?
Write the two movements described in the verse: Kṛṣṇa seeing the gopīs, and the gopīs seeing Kṛṣṇa.
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