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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.109
রাধা লঞা কৃষ্ণ প্রবেশিলা কন্দরাতে ।
সখীগণ কহে মোরে ফুল উঠাইতে ॥ ১০৯ ॥
rādhā lañā kṛṣṇa praveśilā kandarāte
sakhī-gaṇa kahe more phula uṭhāite
“When Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī entered a cave together, the other gopīs asked Me to pick some flowers.
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Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī entered a cave together.
The other gopīs asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to pick some flowers.
In His account, the opportunity to see Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes included this simple request for service.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 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:
As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa. At that time all the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra to pacify Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the request to pick flowers help you appreciate a small act of service?
Do one small, helpful task requested of you today with care.
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