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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.124
পূর্বে যৈছে কুরুক্ষেত্রে সব গোপীগণ ।
কৃষ্ণের দর্শন পাঞা আনন্দিত মন ॥ ১২৪ ॥
pūrve yaiche kurukṣetre saba gopī-gaṇa
kṛṣṇera darśana pāñā ānandita mana
Formerly, all the gopīs of Vṛndāvana were very pleased when they met with Kṛṣṇa in the holy place Kurukṣetra.
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Formerly, all the gopīs of Vṛndāvana met with Kṛṣṇa.
Their meeting took place in the holy place Kurukṣetra.
All the gopīs were very pleased by this meeting.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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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: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What is the source of the gopīs’ happiness in this verse?
Spend a quiet moment remembering the gopīs’ joy in meeting Kṛṣṇa.
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