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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.137
অন্য দেহে না পাইয়ে রাসবিলাস ।
অতএব ‘নায়ং’ শ্লোক কহে বেদব্যাস ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
anya dehe nā pāiye rāsa-vilāsa
ataeva ‘nāyaṁ’ śloka kahe veda-vyāsa
“Vyāsadeva, the supreme authority on Vedic literature, composed the verse beginning ‘nāyaṁ sukhāpo bhagavān’ because no one can enter into the rāsa-līlā dance in any body other than that of a gopī.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vyāsadeva is described as the supreme authority on Vedic literature.
He composed the verse beginning ‘nāyaṁ sukhāpo bhagavān.’
The reason given is that no one can enter the rāsa-līlā dance in any body other than that of a gopī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 9.137 quotesBG 9.25
This verse confirms a verse of the Bhagavad-gītā (9.25):
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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: “gopī”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the condition stated here shape your understanding of entry into the rāsa-līlā dance?
Read the translation once more and write its stated condition for entering the rāsa-līlā dance.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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