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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.177
মধ্য-বয়স, সখী-স্কন্ধে কর-ন্যাস ।
কৃষ্ণলীলা-মনোবৃত্তি-সখী আশপাশ ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
madhya-vayasa, sakhī-skandhe kara-nyāsa
kṛṣṇalīlā-manovṛtti-sakhī āśa-pāśa
“Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s gopī friends are Her mental activities, which are concentrated on the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. She keeps Her hand on the shoulder of a friend, who represents youth.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s gopī friends are Her mental activities, concentrated on the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Rādhārāṇī’s eight companions, the aṣṭa-sakhī, are different varieties of pleasure connected with Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. Other activities following those pastimes are represented by the assistants of the gopīs.
She rests Her hand on the shoulder of a friend who represents youth.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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 summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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’s”
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: “gopī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes being the focus of Her mental activities?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the verse’s description of Her attention concentrated on Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
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