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  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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes
Madhya 14.152Madhya 14.154

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.153

প্রাখর্য, মার্দব, সাম্য স্বভাব নির্দোষ ।

সেই সেই স্বভাবে কৃষ্ণে করায় সন্তোষ ॥ ১৫৩ ॥

prākharya, mārdava, sāmya svabhāva nirdoṣa

sei sei svabhāve kṛṣṇe karāya santoṣa

Translation

“Although some of the gopīs are talkative, some mild and some equipoised, all of them are transcendental and faultless. They please Kṛṣṇa by their unique characteristics.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

All the Gopīs Are Transcendental and Faultless

  1. 1

    Some gopīs are talkative, some mild, and some equipoised.

  2. 2

    Despite these differences, all of them are transcendental and faultless.

  3. 3

    They please Kṛṣṇa by their unique characteristics.

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

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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

During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prākharyatalkativeness
  2. mārdavamildness
  3. sāmyabeing equipoised
  4. svabhāvanature
  5. nirdoṣafaultless
  6. sei sei svabhāvein those transcendental qualities
  7. kṛṣṇeLord Kṛṣṇa
  8. karāyathey make
  9. santoṣahappy
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that all the gopīs are transcendental and faultless shape your understanding of their differences?

Practice

Today, pause over the words “transcendental and faultless,” then recall that each gopī’s unique characteristics please Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayAll the Gopīs Are Transcendental and FaultlessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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