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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.209
রাধার স্বরূপ — কৃষ্ণপ্রেম-কল্পলতা ।
সখীগণ হয় তার পল্লব-পুষ্প-পাতা ॥ ২০৯ ॥
rādhāra svarūpa — kṛṣṇa-prema-kalpalatā
sakhī-gaṇa haya tāra pallava-puṣpa-pātā
“By nature, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is just like a creeper of love of Godhead, and the gopīs are the twigs, flowers and leaves of that creeper.
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By nature, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is compared to a creeper of love of Godhead.
The gopīs are compared to the twigs, flowers and leaves of that creeper.
This image presents Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the gopīs in a closely connected relationship, like a creeper and its parts.
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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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”
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 the image of a creeper and its parts help me appreciate the gopīs’ relationship with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?
Sketch a simple creeper, labeling it Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and labeling its twigs, flowers and leaves as the gopīs.
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