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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.26
গোপীগণ-সহ বিহার, হাস, পরিহাস ।
কণ্ঠধ্বনি-উক্তি শুনি’ মোর কর্ণোল্লাস ॥ ২৬ ॥
gopī-gaṇa-saha vihāra, hāsa, parihāsa
kaṇṭha-dhvani-ukti śuni’ mora karṇollāsa
“I saw Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs enjoying all kinds of pastimes while laughing and joking together. Hearing their vocal expressions enhanced the joy of My ears.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes seeing Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs enjoying many kinds of pastimes.
Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs were laughing and joking together.
Hearing their vocal expressions increased the joy of His ears.
Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.
The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.Back to this verse in Antya 17
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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”
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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How does the mention of laughter and joking shape your understanding of these pastimes?
Read the verse aloud once, giving attention to the joy expressed in it.
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