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How to study this verse, in six steps

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 8.139 Madhya 8.141

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.140

তাসামাবিরভূচ্ছৌরিঃ স্ময়মানমুখাম্বুজঃ ।

পীতাম্বরধরঃ স্রগ্বী সাক্ষান্মন্মথ-মন্মথঃ ॥ ১৪০ ॥

tāsām āvirabhūc chauriḥ

smayamāna-mukhāmbujaḥ

pītāmbara-dharaḥ sragvī

sākṣān manmatha-manmathaḥ

Translation

“ ‘When Kṛṣṇa left the rāsa-līlā dance, the gopīs became very morose, and when they were grieving, Kṛṣṇa reappeared dressed in yellow garments. Wearing a flower garland and smiling, He was attractive even to Cupid. In this way Kṛṣṇa appeared among the gopīs.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa reappears among the grieving gopīs

1
When Kṛṣṇa left the rāsa-līlā dance, the gopīs became very morose and grieved.
2
Kṛṣṇa reappeared among them wearing yellow garments and a flower garland.
3
He was smiling and was attractive even to Cupid.

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.

tāsāmamong them
āvirabhūtappeared
śauriḥLord Kṛṣṇa
smayamānasmiling
mukha-ambujaḥlotus face
pīta-ambara-dharaḥdressed with yellow garments
sragvīdecorated with a flower garland
sākṣātdirectly
manmathaof Cupid
manmathaḥCupid

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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-līlā”
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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about Kṛṣṇa’s appearance among the grieving gopīs?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering Kṛṣṇa’s smiling appearance, yellow garments and flower garland as described here.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa reappears among the grieving gopīsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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