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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.24
এত মনে করি’ প্রভু মৌন করি’ রহিলা ।
জানিয়া গোপাল কিছু ভঙ্গী উঠাইলা ॥ ২৪ ॥
eta mane kari’ prabhu mauna kari’ rahilā
jāniyā gopāla kichu bhaṅgī uṭhāilā
Thinking in this way, the Lord remained silent, and Lord Gopāla, knowing His contemplation, played a trick.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Thinking in this way, the Lord remained silent.
Lord Gopāla knew His contemplation.
Knowing His contemplation, Lord Gopāla played a trick.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to Gāṅṭhuli-grāma to see Lord Gopāla. Some years later, Lord Gopāla also went to Mathurā, to the house of Viṭhṭhaleśvara, and stayed there for one month just to give an audience to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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What strikes you about Gopāla knowing the Lord’s contemplation while He remained silent?
Pause quietly and reflect on the words describing Gopāla’s knowledge of the Lord’s contemplation.
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