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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.42
উত্তর না পাঞা পুনঃ ভাবেন অন্তরে ।
‘এহ — কৃষ্ণদাসী, ভয়ে না কহে আমারে’ ॥ ৪২ ॥
uttara nā pāñā punaḥ bhāvena antare
‘eha — kṛṣṇa-dāsī, bhaye nā kahe āmāre’
When they still received no reply, the gopīs thought, “ ‘These plants are all Kṛṣṇa’s maidservants, and out of fear they will not speak to us.’”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The gopīs still receive no reply from the plants.
They think of these plants as Kṛṣṇa’s maidservants, seeing them in a relationship of service to Him.
They suppose that fear prevents the plants from speaking. This is the gopīs’ explanation for their silence.
Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.
The mood of Antya 15 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 saw the garden on the beach by the sea, He again thought that He was in Vṛndāvana, and when He began to think of Kṛṣṇa engaging in His different pastimes, transcendental emotions excited Him again. On the night of the rāsa dance, the gopīs, bereaved by Kṛṣṇa’s absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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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”
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: “relationship”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the gopīs’ explanation of the plants’ silence keep their attention on Kṛṣṇa?
Write one sentence describing how the gopīs understand the plants’ relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
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