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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa

Antya 7.38 Antya 7.40

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.39

“শুদ্ধপ্রেম’ ব্রজদেবীর — কামগন্ধহীন ।

‘কৃষ্ণসুখতাৎপর্য’, — এই তার চিহ্ন ॥ ৩৯ ॥

‘śuddha-prema’ vraja-devīra — kāma-gandha-hīna

‘kṛṣṇa-sukha-tātparya’, — ei tāra cihna

Translation

“The unalloyed love of the gopīs and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is without any trace of material lust. The criterion of such transcendental love is that its only purpose is to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Love Seeks Only Kṛṣṇa’s Satisfaction

1
The love of the gopīs and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is unalloyed, or pure.
2
Their love contains no trace of material lust.
3
The criterion of this transcendental love is that its only purpose is to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.

The mood of Antya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

śuddha-premaunalloyed love
vraja-devīraof the gopīs or Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
kāma-gandha-hīnawithout a scent of material lust
kṛṣṇaof Kṛṣṇa
sukhahappiness
tātparyathe purpose
eithis
tāraof that
cihnathe symptom

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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”
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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When you offer service, how much is your attention on Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction?

Practice

Before one devotional act today, pause and set the intention to do it for Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction.

Live this todayPure Love Seeks Only Kṛṣṇa’s SatisfactionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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