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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 8.275Madhya 8.277

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.276

বনলতাস্তরব আত্মনি বিষ্ণুং ব্যঞ্জয়ন্ত্য ইব পুষ্পফলাঢ্যাঃ ।

প্ৰণতভারবিটপা মধুধারাঃ প্রেমহৃষ্টতনবো ববৃষুঃ স্ম ॥ ২৭৬ ॥

vana-latās tarava ātmani viṣṇuṁ

vyañjayantya iva puṣpa-phalāḍhyāḥ

praṇata-bhāra-viṭapā madhu-dhārāḥ

prema-hṛṣṭa-tanavo vavṛṣuḥ sma

Translation

“ ‘The plants, creepers and trees were full of fruits and flowers due to ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, being so full, they were bowing down. They were inspired by such deep love for Kṛṣṇa that they were constantly pouring showers of honey. In this way the gopīs saw all the forests of Vṛndāvana.’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing Everything as Potentially Serving Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The gopīs saw the forests of Vṛndāvana full of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Plants, creepers and trees bowed with fruits and flowers and poured showers of honey.

  2. 2

    This song was sung during Kṛṣṇa’s absence, when the gopīs were always absorbed in thought of Him.

  3. 3

    Similarly, the mahā-bhāgavata, the advanced devotee, sees everything as potentially serving the Lord.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse (Bhāg. 10.35.9) is one of the songs the gopīs sang during Kṛṣṇa’s absence.
  • In Kṛṣṇa’s absence the gopīs were always absorbed in thought of Him.
  • Similarly, the mahā-bhāgavata, the advanced devotee, sees everything as potentially serving the Lord.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 8.276 quotesSB 10.35.8-11

This verse is one of the songs the gopīs sang during Kṛṣṇa’s absence.

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:

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya also explained that all stages of conjugal love can be attained through the mercy of the residents of Vṛndāvana, especially by the mercy of the gopīs. All these subject matters were thus vividly described.
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. vana-latāḥthe herbs and plants
  2. taravaḥthe trees
  3. ātmaniin the Supreme Soul
  4. viṣṇumthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  5. vyañjayantyaḥmanifesting
  6. ivalike
  7. puṣpa-phala-āḍhyāḥfilled with luxuriant fruits and flowers
  8. praṇata-bhārabowed down because of loads
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Key ideas in this verse

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 krsna”, “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “serving”

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 around you could be used in service to the Lord?

Practice

Choose one thing available to you today and identify a concrete way it could serve the Lord.

Live this todaySeeing Everything as Potentially Serving KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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