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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 19.97Madhya 19.99

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.98

কম্প্রতি কথয়িতুমীশে সম্প্রতি কো বা প্রতীতিমায়াতু ।

গোপতি-তনয়াকুঞ্জে গোপবধূটী-বিটং ব্রহ্ম ॥ ৯৮ ॥

kaṁ prati kathayitum īśe

samprati ko vā pratītim āyātu

go-pati-tanayā-kuñje

gopa-vadhūṭī-viṭaṁ brahma

Translation

“To whom can I speak who will believe me when I say that Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is hunting the gopīs in the bushes by the banks of the river Yamunā? In this way the Lord demonstrates His pastimes.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Supreme Lord’s Wondrous Pastimes

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    He is described as hunting the gopīs in the bushes by the banks of the river Yamunā. In this way, the Lord demonstrates His pastimes.

  3. 3

    The speaker wonders who will believe this description. The purport notes that this verse was later included in the Padyāvalī.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse was also later included in the Padyāvalī (99).

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

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:

The Nawab Hussain Shah first sent his personal physician to see what the real facts were; then he personally came to see why Sanātana was not attending to official business. Knowing that he wanted to resign his post, the Nawab had him arrested and imprisoned.
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. kam pratiunto whom
  2. kathayitumto speak
  3. īśeam I able
  4. sampratinow
  5. kaḥwho
  6. vāor
  7. pratītimbelief
  8. āyātuwould do
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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”, “yamunā”

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 strikes you about the Supreme Personality of Godhead displaying these pastimes?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Live this todayThe Supreme Lord’s Wondrous PastimesThis 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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