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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya
Ādi 6.64Ādi 6.67

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 6.65-66

কৃষ্ণের প্রেয়সী ব্রজে যত গোপীগণ ।

যাঁর পদধূলি করে উদ্ধব প্রার্থন ॥ ৬৫ ॥

যাঁ–সবার উপরে কৃষ্ণের প্রিয় নাহি আন ।

তাঁহারা আপনাকে করে দাসী–অভিমান ॥ ৬৬ ॥

kṛṣṇera preyasī vraje yata gopī-gaṇa

yāṅra pada-dhūli kare uddhava prārthana

Translation

Even the beloved girlfriends of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, the gopīs, the dust of whose feet was desired by Śrī Uddhava and who are more dear to Kṛṣṇa than anyone else, regard themselves as Kṛṣṇa’s maidservants.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Dearest Regard Themselves as Maidservants

  1. 1

    The gopīs are Lord Kṛṣṇa’s beloved girlfriends in Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    They are more dear to Kṛṣṇa than anyone else, and Śrī Uddhava desired the dust of their feet.

  3. 3

    Even with this exalted position, they regard themselves as Kṛṣṇa’s maidservants.

How it feels

Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.

The mood of Ādi 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya. When He is addressed as the servitor of Lord Caitanya, His glories are magnified because unless one is invigorated by this mentality of servitorship one cannot understand the mellows derived from devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  2. preyasīthe beloved girls
  3. vrajein Vṛndāvana
  4. yataall
  5. gopī-gaṇathe gopīs
  6. yāṅraof whom
  7. pada-dhūlithe dust of the feet
  8. karedoes
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Key ideas in this 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: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can I learn from the gopīs’ desire to serve despite being so dear to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write one sentence about how the gopīs’ closeness to Kṛṣṇa goes together with their identity as His maidservants.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Dearest Regard Themselves as MaidservantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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