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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.19
মণ্ডলীবন্ধে গোপীগণ করেন নর্তন ।
মধ্যে রাধা-সহ নাচে ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ॥ ১৯ ॥
maṇḍalī-bandhe gopī-gaṇa karena nartana
madhye rādhā-saha nāce vrajendra-nandana
The gopīs were dancing in a circle, and in the middle of that circle, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, danced with Rādhārāṇī.
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The gopīs were dancing in a circle.
Kṛṣṇa danced with Rādhārāṇī in the middle of that circle.
The verse identifies Kṛṣṇa as the son of Mahārāja Nanda.
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:
When He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha. Govinda chastised her for this, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised her eagerness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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”, “nanda”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does noticing Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī at the center help you follow the scene?
Reread the verse and recall who was dancing in the circle and who was in its middle.
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