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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.133
শ্রুতিগণ গোপীগণের অনুগত হঞা ।
ব্রজেশ্বরীসুত ভজে গোপীভাব লঞা ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
śruti-gaṇa gopī-gaṇera anugata hañā
vrajeśvarī-suta bhaje gopī-bhāva lañā
“The authorities in the Vedic literature who are known as the śruti-gaṇas worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of the gopīs and followed in their footsteps.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The śruti-gaṇas, authorities in the Vedic literature, desired to enter Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa dance. They worshiped Him in the ecstasy of the gopīs.
At first, simply thinking of Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of the gopīs did not enable them to enter the dance.
They accepted bodies like those of the gopīs and took birth in Vrajabhūmi. Engrossed in the ecstasy of the gopīs’ love, they were allowed to enter the Lord’s rāsa-līlā dance.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
On the hill known as Mahendra-śaila, the Lord saw Paraśurāma. Then the Lord went to Setubandha and took His bath at Dhanus-tīrtha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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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”, “vrajabhūmi”
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”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the śruti-gaṇas’ example teach you about following the gopīs rather than merely thinking of their ecstasy?
Write one sentence describing how the śruti-gaṇas followed the gopīs.
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