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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.8
রাসলীলার শ্লোক পড়ি’ করেন স্তবন ।
“জয়তি তেঽধিকং” অধ্যায় করেন পঠন ॥ ৮ ॥
rāsa-līlāra śloka paḍi’ karena stavana
“jayati te ’dhikaṁ” adhyāya karena paṭhana
The King began to recite verses about the rāsa-līlā from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He recited the chapter beginning with the words “jayati te’dhikam.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The King began reciting verses about the rāsa-līlā from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
He recited the chapter beginning with the words “jayati te’dhikam.”
The purport identifies these verses as the Gopī-gīta, found in Canto Ten, chapter thirty-one of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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:
Dressing himself as a Vaiṣṇava, Mahārāja Pratāparudra entered the garden at Balagaṇḍi alone and began reciting verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.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: “rāsa-līlā”
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: “gopī-gīta”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the passage’s name and location help you attend more carefully to this scene?
Write down “Gopī-gīta — Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto Ten, chapter thirty-one” as a reading reference.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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