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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.49
শ্রীঅঙ্গ-রূপে হরে গোপিকার মন ॥ ৪৯ ॥
śrī-aṅga-rūpe hare gopikāra mana
“Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa attracts the minds of all the gopīs with His beautiful, transcendental bodily features.
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Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa attracts the minds of all the gopīs.
His beautiful bodily features are transcendental.
The neighbouring verse describes the gopīs expressing their attraction by surrendering themselves as His maidservants.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī’s request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam verse beginning ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ. He explained this verse in sixty-one different ways.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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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: “gopīs”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “surrendering”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the gopīs’ attraction to Kṛṣṇa lead them toward service?
Read this translation slowly and spend a moment reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental beauty.
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