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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.218Madhya 8.220

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.219

যত্তে সুজাতচরণাম্বুরুহং স্তনেষু

ভীতাঃ শনৈঃ প্রিয় দধীমহি কর্কশেষু ।

তেনাটবীমটসি তদ্ব্যথতে ন কিংস্বিৎ

কূর্পাদিভির্ভ্রমতি ধীর্ভবদায়ুষাং নঃ ॥ ২১৯ ॥

yat te sujāta-caraṇāmburuhaṁ staneṣu

bhītāḥ śanaiḥ priya dadhīmahi karkaśeṣu

tenāṭavīm aṭasi tad vyathate na kiṁ svit

kūrpādibhir bhramati dhīr bhavad-āyuṣāṁ naḥ

Translation

“[All the gopīs said:] ‘Dear Kṛṣṇa, we carefully hold Your delicate lotus feet upon our hard breasts. When You walk in the forest, Your soft lotus feet are pricked by small bits of stone. We fear that this is paining You. Since You are our life and soul, our minds are very much disturbed when Your lotus feet are pained.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Loving Concern for Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus Feet

  1. 1

    The gopīs carefully hold Kṛṣṇa’s delicate lotus feet upon their hard breasts.

  2. 2

    They fear that small bits of stone prick His soft lotus feet when He walks in the forest.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is their life and soul. Their minds are deeply disturbed by the thought that His lotus feet are pained.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 8.219 quotesSB 10.31.19

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.31.19).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yatbecause
  2. teYour
  3. sujātadelicate
  4. caraṇa-ambu-ruhamlotus feet
  5. staneṣuon the breasts
  6. bhītāḥbeing afraid of
  7. śanaiḥvery carefully
  8. priyaO dear one
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the gopīs’ concern for Kṛṣṇa’s comfort reveal about their love?

Practice

Read the gopīs’ words slowly today, pausing to reflect on their careful concern for Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

Live this todayLoving Concern for Kṛṣṇa’s Lotus FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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