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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.140
প্রভু কহে, — কহ ব্রজের মানের প্রকার ।
স্বরূপ কহে, — গোপীমান-নদী শতধার ॥ ১৪০ ॥
prabhu kahe, — kaha vrajera mānera prakāra
svarūpa kahe, — gopī-māna-nadī śata-dhāra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Please tell me of the varieties of egoistic pride manifested in Vṛndāvana.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks to hear about the varieties of egoistic pride manifested in Vṛndāvana.
Svarūpa Dāmodara compares the pride of the gopīs to a flowing river.
That river has hundreds of tributaries, indicating the many varieties of their pride.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana. He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna.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: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the image of a river with hundreds of tributaries help you understand this variety?
Sketch a river with several tributaries as a reminder of Svarūpa Dāmodara’s comparison.
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