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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.159
‘বামা’ এক গোপীগণ, ‘দক্ষিণা’ এক গণ ।
নানা-ভাবে করায় কৃষ্ণে রস আস্বাদন ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
‘vāmā’ eka gopī-gaṇa, ‘dakṣiṇā’ eka gaṇa
nānā-bhāve karāya kṛṣṇe rasa āsvādana
“The gopīs can be divided into a left wing and a right wing. Both wings induce Kṛṣṇa to taste transcendental mellows by various manifestations of ecstatic love.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The gopīs can be divided into a left wing and a right wing.
Both wings induce Kṛṣṇa to taste transcendental mellows.
They do this through various manifestations of ecstatic love.
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: “mellows”
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: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What shared purpose do you notice in the two wings of gopīs?
Write down what both wings have in common, using the words of the translation.
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