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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.210
কৃষ্ণলীলামৃত যদি লতাকে সিঞ্চয় ।
নিজ-সুখ হৈতে পল্লবাদ্যের কোটি-সুখ হয় ॥ ২১০ ॥
kṛṣṇa-līlāmṛta yadi latāke siñcaya
nija-sukha haite pallavādyera koṭi-sukha haya
“When the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes is sprinkled on that creeper, the happiness derived by the twigs, flowers and leaves is ten million times greater than that derived by the creeper itself.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the creeper of love of Godhead, and the gopīs are like its twigs, flowers and leaves. When the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes is sprinkled on the creeper, their happiness is ten million times greater.
Water sprinkled on the creeper benefits its twigs, flowers and leaves indirectly. Watering those parts directly is not as effective as watering the root.
The gopīs are less pleased by directly mixing with Kṛṣṇa than by serving to unite Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī with Him. Their transcendental pleasure lies in uniting Them.
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
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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 example of watering the root help me understand the gopīs’ happiness?
Write a brief explanation of why watering the root illustrates the gopīs’ pleasure in uniting Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī with Kṛṣṇa.
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