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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.57
গুরুতুল্য স্ত্রীগণের বাৎসল্যে আকর্ষণ ।
দাস্য-সখ্যাদি-ভাবে পুরুষাদি গণ ॥ ৫৭ ॥
guru-tulya strī-gaṇera vātsalye ākarṣaṇa
dāsya-sakhyādi-bhāve puruṣādi gaṇa
“The women of Vṛndāvana who are on the level of superior guardians are attracted to Lord Kṛṣṇa maternally. The men of Vṛndāvana are attracted as servants, friends and fathers.
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The women of Vṛndāvana who are superior guardians are attracted to Lord Kṛṣṇa with maternal affection.
The men of Vṛndāvana are attracted to Kṛṣṇa as servants, friends and fathers.
Attraction to Kṛṣṇa takes different forms within these loving relationships.
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.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servants”
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”
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: “relationships”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do these different relationships help you appreciate about love for Kṛṣṇa?
Read the verse slowly and name the four relationships with Kṛṣṇa described here.
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