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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 19.206Madhya 19.210

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 19.207-209

সা চ মেনে তদাত্মানং বরিষ্ঠাং সর্বযোষিতাম্ ।

হিত্বা গোপীঃ কামযানা মামসৌ ভজতে প্রিয়ঃ ॥ ২০৭ ॥

sā ca mene tadātmānaṁ

variṣṭhāṁ sarva-yoṣitām

hitvā gopīḥ kāma-yānā

mām asau bhajate priyaḥ

Translation

“ ‘My dearmost Kṛṣṇa, You are worshiping Me and giving up the company of all the other gopīs, who wanted to enjoy themselves with You.” Thinking like this, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī considered Herself Kṛṣṇa’s most beloved gopī. She had become proud and had left the rāsa-līlā with Kṛṣṇa. In the deep forest She said, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, I cannot walk any more. You can take Me wherever You like.” When Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī petitioned Kṛṣṇa in this way, Kṛṣṇa said, “Just get up on My shoulders.” As soon as Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī began to do so, He disappeared. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī then began to grieve over Her request and Kṛṣṇa’s disappearance.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Disappearance Brings Rādhārāṇī Grief

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    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī considered Herself Kṛṣṇa’s most beloved gopī because He had left the other gopīs to be with Her. She became proud and left the rāsa-līlā with Him.

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    In the deep forest, She told Kṛṣṇa that She could no longer walk and asked Him to take Her wherever He liked. Kṛṣṇa invited Her to get on His shoulders.

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    As soon as Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī began to do so, Kṛṣṇa disappeared. She then grieved over Her request and His disappearance.

Key points from the purport
  • These three verses are quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.30.36-38).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 19.207-209 quotesSB 10.30.35-36

These three verses are quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.30.36-38).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Vṛndāvana through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa, Rūpa Gosvāmī left home and sent news to Sanātana that he was leaving with his younger brother (Anupama Mallika) to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī finally reached Prayāga and met with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for ten successive days.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sāŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  2. caalso
  3. meneconsidered
  4. tadāat that time
  5. ātmānamHerself
  6. variṣṭhāmthe most glorious
  7. sarva-yoṣitāmamong all the gopīs
  8. hitvāgiving up
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “gopīs”, “gopī”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “company of”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What change in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s feelings does this passage describe?

Practice

Read the passage slowly and write down the feelings it explicitly describes, in their order.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Disappearance Brings Rādhārāṇī GriefThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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