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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 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Madhya 21.113Madhya 21.115

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.114

সখি হে, কোন্‌ তপ কৈল গোপীগণ ।

কৃষ্ণরূপ-সুমাধুরী,     পিবি’ পিবি’ নেত্র ভরি’,

শ্লাঘ্য করে জন্ম-তনু-মন ॥ ১১৪ ॥ ধ্রু ॥

sakhi he, kon tapa kaila gopī-gaṇa

kṛṣṇa-rūpa-sumādhurī, pibi’ pibi’ netra bhari’,

ślāghya kare janma-tanu-mana

Translation

“O my dear friend, what severe austerities have the gopīs performed to drink His transcendental beauty and sweetness through their eyes in complete fulfillment? Thus they glorify their births, bodies and minds.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing Kṛṣṇa Brings Complete Fulfillment

  1. 1

    The speaker wonders what severe austerities the gopīs have performed to receive such fulfillment.

  2. 2

    Through their eyes, the gopīs drink Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental beauty and sweetness.

  3. 3

    By enjoying this sight, they glorify their births, bodies and minds.

How it feels

Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 21 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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

In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty. Throughout the rest of the chapter, our intimate relationship ( sambandha ) with Kṛṣṇa is described.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sakhi hemy dear friend
  2. konwhat
  3. tapaausterity
  4. kailahave executed
  5. gopī-gaṇaall the gopīs
  6. kṛṣṇa-rūpaof the beauty of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  7. su-mādhurīthe essence of all sweetness
  8. pibi’ pibi’drinking and drinking
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the gopīs’ fulfillment suggest about the value of seeing Kṛṣṇa’s beauty?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on the words “complete fulfillment.”

Live this todaySeeing Kṛṣṇa Brings Complete FulfillmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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