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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.210
গোপাল-গোপীনাথ-পুরীগোসাঞির গুণ ।
ভক্ত-সঙ্গে শ্রীমুখে প্রভু কৈলা আস্বাদন ॥ ২১০ ॥
gopāla-gopīnātha-purī-gosāñira guṇa
bhakta-saṅge śrī-mukhe prabhu kailā āsvādana
In this way, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally tasted with His own mouth the transcendental qualities of Gopālajī, Gopīnātha and Śrī Mādhavendra Purī.
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Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally tasted transcendental qualities with His own mouth.
He tasted the transcendental qualities of Gopālajī and Gopīnātha.
He also tasted the transcendental qualities of Śrī Mādhavendra Purī.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated this story for Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees and praised the pure devotional service of Mādhavendra Purī. When He recited some verses composed by Mādhavendra Purī, He went into an ecstatic mood.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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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: “gopīnātha”
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What draws your attention to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s personal tasting of these transcendental qualities?
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