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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

Madhya 13.209 Madhya 14.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.1

গৌরঃ পশ্যন্নাত্মবৃন্দৈঃ শ্রীলক্ষ্মীবিজয়োৎসবম্ ।

শ্রুত্বা গোপীরসোল্লাসং হৃষ্টঃ প্রেম্‌ণা ননর্ত সঃ ॥ ১ ॥

gauraḥ paśyann ātma-vṛndaiḥ

śrī-lakṣmī-vijayotsavam

śrutvā gopī-rasollāsaṁ

hṛṣṭaḥ premṇā nanarta saḥ

Translation

Accompanied by His personal devotees, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the festival known as Lakṣmī-vijayotsava. There He discussed the superexcellent love of the gopīs. Just by hearing about them, He became very pleased and danced in great ecstatic love for the Lord.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing About the Gopīs’ Superexcellent Love

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu attended the festival known as Lakṣmī-vijayotsava with His personal devotees.
2
There He discussed the superexcellent love of the gopīs.
3
Simply hearing about them pleased Him greatly, and He danced in great ecstatic love for the Lord.

How it feels

Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.

The mood of Madhya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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

The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

gauraḥLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
paśyanby seeing
ātma-vṛndaiḥwith His personal associates
śrī-lakṣmīof the goddess of fortune
vijaya-utsavamthe grand festival
śrutvāby hearing
gopīof the gopīs
rasa-ullāsamthe superexcellence of the mellows

Key ideas in this 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: “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: “festival”
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: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s joy in hearing about the gopīs?

Practice

Read this translation aloud once, giving special attention to the joy He experienced through hearing.

Live this todayHearing About the Gopīs’ Superexcellent LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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