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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 20.142-143
শ্রীরাধা-সহ ‘শ্রীমদনমোহন’ ।
শ্রীরাধা-সহ ‘শ্রীগোবিন্দ’-চরণ ॥ ১৪২ ॥
śrī-rādhā-saha ‘śrī-madana-mohana’
śrī-rādhā-saha ‘śrī-govinda’-caraṇa
The Vṛndāvana Deities of Madana-mohana with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Govinda with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and Gopīnātha with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī are the life and soul of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas.
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The verse names the Vṛndāvana Deities Madana-mohana, Govinda, and Gopīnātha.
Each is named together with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
These Deities are the life and soul of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. The words express their deep devotional attachment.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the Lord’s disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives a short description of the entire Antya-līlā and then ends his book.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīnātha”
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”
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.
What does the phrase “life and soul” help you understand about this devotion?
Slowly read the names of the three Deities, each with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, remembering how dear They are to the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas.
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