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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 7.39Antya 7.41

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.40

যত্তে সুজাতচরণাম্বুরুহং স্তনেষু ভীতাঃ শনৈঃ প্রিয় দধীমহি কর্কশেষু ।

তেনাটবীমটসী তদ্ব্যথতে ন কিং স্বিৎ কূর্পাদিভির্ভ্রমতি ধীর্ভবদায়ুষাং নঃ ॥ ৪০ ॥

yat te sujāta-caraṇāmburuhaṁ staneṣu

bhītāḥ śanaiḥ priya dadhīmahi karkaśeṣu

tenāṭavīm aṭasi tad vyathate na kiṁ svit

kūrpādibhir bhramati dhīr bhavad-āyuṣāṁ naḥ

Translation

“ ‘O dearly beloved! Your lotus feet are so soft that we place them gently on our breasts, fearing that Your feet will be hurt. Our lives rest only in You. Our minds, therefore, are filled with anxiety that Your tender feet might be wounded by pebbles as You roam about on the forest path.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Tender Concern for Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet

  1. 1

    The gopīs speak to their dearly beloved with tender concern for His soft lotus feet.

  2. 2

    They place His feet gently on their breasts, fearing that His feet might be hurt.

  3. 3

    Their lives rest only in Him. As He roams the forest path, their minds fill with anxiety that pebbles might wound His tender feet.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is spoken by the gopīs in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.31.19).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 7.40 quotesSB 10.31.19

This verse is spoken by the gopīs in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.31.19).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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

Further reading

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yatwhich
  2. teYour
  3. sujātavery fine
  4. caraṇa-ambu-ruhamlotus feet
  5. staneṣuon the breasts
  6. bhītāḥbeing afraid
  7. śanaiḥgently
  8. priyaO dear one
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

  • 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the gopīs’ concern for Kṛṣṇa’s comfort reveal about their love?

Practice

Read the verse slowly and reflect for a moment on the care expressed in the word “gently.”

Live this todayTender Concern for Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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