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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.203
সখী বিনা এই লীলা পুষ্ট নাহি হয় ।
সখী লীলা বিস্তারিয়া, সখী আস্বাদয় ॥ ২০৩ ॥
sakhī vinā ei līlā puṣṭa nāhi haya
sakhī līlā vistāriyā, sakhī āsvādaya
“Without the gopīs, these pastimes between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa cannot be nourished. Only by their cooperation are such pastimes broadcast. It is their business to taste the mellows.
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Without the gopīs, the pastimes between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa cannot be nourished.
Only through the gopīs’ cooperation are these pastimes broadcast.
It is the gopīs’ business to taste the mellows of these pastimes.
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
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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: “rādhā”
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: “mellows”
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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What does this teaching help me appreciate about the gopīs’ cooperation?
Reread the translation and identify the gopīs’ roles in nourishing, broadcasting, and tasting these pastimes.
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