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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.125
গোপী-সঙ্গে যত লীলা হয় উপবনে ।
নিগূঢ় কৃষ্ণের ভাব কেহ নাহি জানে ॥ ১২৫ ॥
gopī-saṅge yata līlā haya upavane
nigūḍha kṛṣṇera bhāva keha nāhi jāne
“All the pastimes with the gopīs that take place in those gardens are very confidential ecstasies of Lord Kṛṣṇa. No one knows them.
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Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with the gopīs take place in those gardens.
These pastimes are very confidential ecstasies of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
The Lord says that no one knows them.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Near the Guṇḍicā temple is a place known as Āiṭoṭā. This place was fixed up for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to rest in.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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: “gopīs”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the word “confidential” affect the way I approach this description?
Pause over the phrase “very confidential ecstasies,” without trying to imagine details the verse does not give.
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