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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.218
নিজেন্দ্রিয়সুখবাঞ্ছা নাহি গোপিকার ।
কৃষ্ণে সুখ দিতে করে সঙ্গম-বিহার ॥ ২১৮ ॥
nijendriya-sukha-vāñchā nāhi gopikāra
kṛṣṇe sukha dite kare saṅgama-vihāra
“Among the gopīs, there is not a pinch of desire for sense gratification. Their only desire is to give pleasure to Kṛṣṇa, and this is why they mingle with Him and enjoy with Him.
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Among the gopīs, there is not a pinch of desire for sense gratification.
Their only desire is to give pleasure to Kṛṣṇa.
They mingle with Him and enjoy with Him for the sake of His pleasure.
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the gopīs’ undivided desire to give Kṛṣṇa pleasure?
Choose one small service today and do it with the simple intention of giving pleasure to Kṛṣṇa.
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