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4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

Madhya 9.133 Madhya 9.135

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.134

বাহ্যান্তরে গোপীদেহ ব্রজে যবে পাইল ।

সেই দেহে কৃষ্ণসঙ্গে রাসক্রীড়া কৈল ॥ ১৩৪ ॥

bāhyāntare gopī-deha vraje yabe pāila

sei dehe kṛṣṇa-saṅge rāsa-krīḍā kaila

Translation

“The personified authorities on the Vedic hymns acquired bodies like those of the gopīs and took birth in Vrajabhūmi. In those bodies they were allowed to enter into the Lord’s rāsa-līlā dance.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Bodies Suited to the Rāsa-Līlā Dance

1
The personified authorities on the Vedic hymns acquired bodies like those of the gopīs.
2
They took birth in Vrajabhūmi.
3
In those bodies, they were allowed to enter the Lord’s rāsa-līlā dance.

How it feels

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

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then the Lord went to Setubandha and took His bath at Dhanus-tīrtha. He also visited Rāmeśvara, where He collected some papers connected with Sītādevī, whose illusory form had been kidnapped by Rāvaṇa.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

bāhya-antareexternally and internally
gopī-dehathe body of a gopī
vrajein Vrajabhūmi
yabewhen
pāilathey got
sei dehein that body
kṛṣṇa-saṅgewith Kṛṣṇa
rāsa-krīḍāpastimes of the rāsa dance
kailaperformed

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: “vrajabhūmi”, “gopīs”
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-līlā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What connection does this verse make between their acquired bodies and entering the Lord’s dance?

Practice

Reread the verse and note its three details: the bodies acquired, the place of birth, and the entrance granted.

Live this todayBodies Suited to the Rāsa-Līlā DanceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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