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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.207
সখীর স্বভাব এক অকথ্য-কথন ।
কৃষ্ণ-সহ নিজলীলায় নাহি সখীর মন ॥ ২০৭ ॥
sakhīra svabhāva eka akathya-kathana
kṛṣṇa-saha nija-līlāya nāhi sakhīra mana
“There is an inexplicable fact about the natural inclinations of the gopīs. The gopīs never want to enjoy themselves with Kṛṣṇa personally.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The gopīs’ natural inclinations contain an inexplicable fact.
They never want to enjoy themselves personally with Kṛṣṇa.
This absence of desire for personal enjoyment is described as their natural inclination.
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.
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”, “gopīs’”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “absence”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I notice about my own desire for personal enjoyment when I consider the gopīs’ inclination?
Write one sentence reflecting on the gopīs’ lack of desire to enjoy themselves personally with Kṛṣṇa.
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