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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.195
অতএব সেই সুখ কৃষ্ণ–সুখ পোষে ।
এই হেতু গোপী–প্রেমে নাহি কাম–দোষে ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
ataeva sei sukha kṛṣṇa-sukha poṣe
ei hetu gopī-preme nāhi kāma-doṣe
Therefore we find that the joy of the gopīs nourishes the joy of Lord Kṛṣṇa. For that reason the fault of lust is not present in their love.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Seeing the beautiful gopīs enlivens Kṛṣṇa, and His joy in turn enlivens them. Their beauty increases without limit.
Mundane moralists sometimes mistake these delicate exchanges for ordinary amorous dealings. But these affairs are not mundane.
The gopīs’ intense desire to satisfy Kṛṣṇa fills these exchanges with pure love of Godhead. There is no trace of sexual indulgence.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
This chapter also specifically describes the difference between lust and love. The transactions of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are completely different from material lust.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”, “love of godhead”, “pure love”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the desire to satisfy Kṛṣṇa distinguish the gopīs’ love from lust?
Today, pause before one devotional act and consciously offer it for Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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