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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.202
সবে এক সখীগণের ইহাঁ অধিকার ।
সখী হৈতে হয় এই লীলার বিস্তার ॥ ২০২ ॥
sabe eka sakhī-gaṇera ihāṅ adhikāra
sakhī haite haya ei līlāra vistāra
“Actually, only the gopīs have the right to appreciate these transcendental pastimes, and only from them can these pastimes be expanded.
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These pastimes are transcendental.
Only the gopīs have the right to appreciate them.
Only from the gopīs can these pastimes be expanded.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilāsa-vivarta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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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: “gopīs”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does recognizing the gopīs’ unique position shape my approach to these pastimes?
Write one sentence noting the gopīs’ role in both appreciating and expanding these pastimes.
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