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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.191
মধুর-রসে ভক্তমুখ্য — ব্রজে গোপীগণ ।
মহিষীগণ, লক্ষ্মীগণ, অসংখ্য গণন ॥ ১৯১ ॥
madhura-rase bhakta-mukhya — vraje gopī-gaṇa
mahiṣī-gaṇa, lakṣmī-gaṇa, asaṅkhya gaṇana
“The chief devotees in conjugal love are the gopīs in Vṛndāvana, the queens in Dvārakā and the goddesses of fortune in Vaikuṇṭha. These devotees are innumerable.
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The gopīs in Vṛndāvana are among the chief devotees in conjugal love.
The queens in Dvārakā and the goddesses of fortune in Vaikuṇṭha are also chief devotees in conjugal love.
Devotees in conjugal love are innumerable.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana. During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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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: “vṛndāvana”, “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”
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: “conjugal”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the word “innumerable” shape your understanding of the devotees described here?
Write the three groups of chief devotees in conjugal love beside their respective places.
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