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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.157
গোপিকার প্রেমে নাহি রসাভাস-দোষ ।
অতএব কৃষ্ণের করে পরম সন্তোষ ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
gopikāra preme nāhi rasābhāsa-doṣa
ataeva kṛṣṇera kare parama santoṣa
“There is no flaw or adulteration in the love of the gopīs; therefore they give Kṛṣṇa the highest pleasure.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The love of the gopīs has no flaw or adulteration; therefore they give Kṛṣṇa the highest pleasure.
Rasābhāsa occurs when one’s relationship with Kṛṣṇa is adulterated. Rasa means “mellow,” and ābhāsa means “a shadow.”
Uparasa involves something extra imposed on a mellow; anurasa is something derived from the original mellow; aparasa is something appreciated far removed from it. These are first-, second- and third-class rasābhāsas, respectively.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mellow”, “rasābhāsa”, “relationship”
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”
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: “love”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the gopīs’ flawless love teach you about what gives Kṛṣṇa pleasure?
Write one sentence explaining why the gopīs give Kṛṣṇa the highest pleasure.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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