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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.217
রাধাসহ ক্রীড়া রস–বৃদ্ধির কারণ ।
আর সব গোপীগণ রসোপকরণ ॥ ২১৭ ॥
rādhā-saha krīḍā rasa-vṛddhira kāraṇa
āra saba gopī-gaṇa rasopakaraṇa
All the other gopīs help increase the joy of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Rādhārāṇī. The gopīs act as the instruments of Their mutual enjoyment.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The other gopīs increase the joy of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Rādhārāṇī. They act as instruments of Their mutual enjoyment.
These associates of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the Queen of Vṛndāvana-dhāma, are expert in evoking loving sentiments in Kṛṣṇa. They form five groups: sakhīs, nitya-sakhīs, prāṇa-sakhīs, priya-sakhīs and parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs.
The eight parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs sometimes side with Kṛṣṇa and sometimes with Rādhārāṇī. Their apparent favoring of one over the other makes the exchange of loving feelings more pleasing.
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:
The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord. These revelations have been confirmed by the statements of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his various prayers and poems.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.
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”, “vṛndāvana-dhāma”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favoring”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you appreciate about the gopīs’ role in increasing Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s mutual joy?
Spend one minute reflecting on the gopīs’ service as instruments of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s enjoyment.
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