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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.197
আর এক গোপীপ্রেমের স্বাভাবিক চিহ্ন ।
যে প্রকারে হয় প্রেম কামগন্ধহীন ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
āra eka gopī-premera svābhāvika cihna
ye prakāre haya prema kāma-gandha-hīna
There is another natural symptom of the gopīs’ love that shows it to be without a trace of lust.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse introduces another natural symptom of the gopīs’ love.
This symptom shows the nature of their love.
Their love is without even a trace of lust.
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”
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.
Why is it important to remember that the gopīs’ love has no trace of lust?
Write down this teaching today: “The gopīs’ love is without a trace of lust.”
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