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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.133
ক্ষীর লহ এই, যার নাম ‘মাধবপুরী’ ।
তোমা লাগি’ গোপীনাথ ক্ষীর কৈল চুরি ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
kṣīra laha ei, yāra nāma ‘mādhava-purī’
tomā lāgi’ gopīnātha kṣīra kaila curi
Holding the pot of sweet rice, the priest called, “Will he whose name is Mādhavendra Purī please come and take this pot! Gopīnātha has stolen this pot of sweet rice for you!”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gopīnātha’s stealing of the sweet rice was openly announced, not kept secret. His act was a source of great transcendental bliss.
Theft is criminal in the material world, but the Lord’s stealing in the spiritual world gives pleasure to His devotees.
Those who call Śrī Kṛṣṇa immoral do not understand the absolute nature of the Personality of Godhead. They mistake His transcendental behavior for ordinary wrongdoing.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 4.133 quotesBG 7.15
Kṛṣṇa explains in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.15):
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
This pot of condensed milk was stolen by Gopīnātha and delivered to Mādhavendra Purī. Since then, the Gopīnātha Deity has been known as Kṣīra-corā-gopīnātha, the Deity who stole the pot of condensed milk.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the 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: “gopīnātha”, “gopīnātha’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the distinction between material theft and the Lord’s transcendental action shape your reading?
Reread the translation and note the distinction between material theft and Gopīnātha’s act for His devotee.
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