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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.81
তাসাং তৎসৌভগমদং বীক্ষ্য মানঞ্চ কেশবঃ ।
প্রশমায় প্রসাদায় তত্রৈবান্তরধীয়ত ॥ ৮১ ॥
tāsāṁ tat-saubhaga-madaṁ
vīkṣya mānaṁ ca keśavaḥ
praśamāya prasādāya
tatraivāntaradhīyata”
“ ‘The gopīs became proud of their great fortune. To subdue their sense of superiority and show them special favor, Keśava, the subduer of even Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, disappeared from the rāsa dance.’”
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The gopīs became proud of their great fortune and felt a sense of superiority.
Keśava disappeared from the rāsa dance to subdue their pride and show them special favor.
Keśava is described as the subduer of even Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. Śukadeva Gosvāmī spoke this verse to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Antya 15.81 quotesSB 10.29.48
This verse quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.29.48) was spoken by Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
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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:
On the night of the rāsa dance, the gopīs, bereaved by Kṛṣṇa’s absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu adopted the same transcendental thoughts as those of the gopīs and was filled with ecstatic emotion.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”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favor”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When might good fortune lead me to feel superior to others?
Today, notice one good fortune in your life and reflect on it without comparing yourself with anyone else.
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