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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 Antya 10.7
রাসে যৈছে ঘর যাইতে গোপীরে আজ্ঞা দিলা ।
তাঁর আজ্ঞা ভাঙ্গি তাঁর সঙ্গে সে রহিলা ॥ ৭ ॥
rāse yaiche ghara yāite gopīre ājñā dilā
tāṅra ājñā bhāṅgi’ tāṅra saṅge se rahilā
During the rāsa dance, Kṛṣṇa asked all the gopīs to return home, but they neglected His order and stayed there for His association.
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During the rāsa dance, Kṛṣṇa asked all the gopīs to return home.
The gopīs neglected His order and stayed there.
They stayed for Kṛṣṇa’s association, illustrating the real affection described in the preceding verse.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
The mood of Antya 10 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:
Before the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, all the devotees from Bengal started for Jagannātha Purī as usual. Rāghava Paṇḍita brought with him various kinds of food for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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 the gopīs’ decision show about how deeply they valued Kṛṣṇa’s association?
Write one sentence about the gopīs’ reason for staying with Kṛṣṇa.
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