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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 6.65-66Ādi 6.68

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.67

ব্রজজনার্তিহন্‌ বীর যোষিতাং নিজ–জনস্ময়ধ্বংসনস্মিত ।

ভজ সখে ভবৎকিঙ্করীঃ স্ম নো জলরুহাননং চারু দর্শয় ॥ ৬৭ ॥

vraja-janārti-han vīra yoṣitāṁ

nija-jana-smaya-dhvaṁsana-smita

bhaja sakhe bhavat-kiṅkarīḥ sma no

jala-ruhānanaṁ cāru darśaya

Translation

“O Lord, remover of the afflictions of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana! O hero of all women! O Lord who destroy the pride of Your devotees by Your sweet, gentle smile! O friend! We are Your maidservants. Please fulfill our desires and show us Your attractive lotus face.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

In Separation, the Gopīs Pray as Servants

  1. 1

    When Kṛṣṇa disappeared during the rāsa dance, the gopīs sang this prayer in separation from Him.

  2. 2

    They address Him as the remover of Vṛndāvana’s afflictions, the hero of all women, and their friend. His sweet, gentle smile destroys His devotees’ pride.

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    Calling themselves His maidservants, they ask Him to fulfill their desires and show them His attractive lotus face.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse in connection with the rāsa dance of Kṛṣṇa with the gopīs is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.31.6).
  • When Kṛṣṇa disappeared from His companions in the course of dancing, the gopīs sang like this in separation from Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 6.67 quotesSB 10.31.6

This verse in connection with the rāsa dance of Kṛṣṇa with the gopīs is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.31.6).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vraja-jana-ārti-hanO one who diminishes all the painful conditions of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
  2. vīraO hero
  3. yoṣitāmof women
  4. nijapersonal
  5. janaof the associates
  6. smayathe pride
  7. dhvaṁsanadestroying
  8. smitawhose smile
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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”, “vṛndāvana’s”, “gopīs”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rāsa”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches me about the gopīs calling themselves maidservants while longing to see Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the prayer aloud once, pausing at “We are Your maidservants.”

Live this todayIn Separation, the Gopīs Pray as ServantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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