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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.198
গোপীপ্রেমে করে কৃষ্ণমাধুর্যের পুষ্টি ।
মাধুর্যে বাড়ায় প্রেম হঞা মহাতুষ্টি ॥ ১৯৮ ॥
gopī-preme kare kṛṣṇa-mādhuryera puṣṭi
mādhurye bāḍhāya prema hañā mahā-tuṣṭi
The love of the gopīs nourishes the sweetness of Lord Kṛṣṇa. That sweetness in turn increases their love, for they are greatly satisfied.
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The love of the gopīs nourishes the sweetness of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness in turn increases their love.
The gopīs are greatly satisfied by His sweetness.
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.
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.
What does this mutual increase of love and sweetness help you appreciate?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on how the gopīs’ love and Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness nourish each other.
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