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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Madhya 8.101 Madhya 8.103

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.102

চুরি করি’ রাধাকে নিল গোপীগণের ডরে ।

অন্যাপেক্ষা হৈলে প্রেমের গাঢ়তা না স্ফুরে ॥ ১০২ ॥

curi kari’ rādhāke nila gopī-gaṇera ḍare

anyāpekṣā haile premera gāḍhatā nā sphure

Translation

“During the rāsa dance Śrī Kṛṣṇa did not exchange loving affairs with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī due to the presence of the other gopīs. Because of the dependence of the others, the intensity of love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa was not manifest. Therefore He stole Her away.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Their Intense Love Was Not Manifest

1
During the rāsa dance, the presence of the other gopīs prevented Śrī Kṛṣṇa from exchanging loving affairs with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
2
Because of the dependence of the others, the intensity of love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa was not manifest.
3
Kṛṣṇa therefore took Her to a secluded place. The purport describes Him as doing so out of fear of the other gopīs.

Key points from the purport

Out of fear of the other gopīs, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa took Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to a secluded place.
In this regard, the verse kaṁsārir api (verse 106 in this chapter) will be quoted from the Gīta-govinda of Jayadeva Gosvāmī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Madhya 8

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

curi kari’stealing
rādhākeŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
nilatook away
gopī-gaṇeraof the gopīs
ḍareout of fear
anya-apekṣādependence on others
haileif there is
premeraof love

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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: “rāsa”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinction does this verse make between intense love and its being manifest?

Practice

Reread the translation and identify why Kṛṣṇa took Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī away.

Live this todayTheir Intense Love Was Not ManifestThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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