Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.167-169

loka-dharma, veda-dharma, deha-dharma, karma

lajjā, dhairya, deha-sukha, ātma-sukha-marma

dustyaja ārya-patha, nija parijana

sva-jane karaye yata tādana-bhartsana

sarva-tyāga kari' kare krishnera bhajana

krishna-sukha-hetu kare prema-sevana

SYNONYMS

loka-dharma — customs of the people; veda-dharma — Vedic injunctions; deha-dharma — necessities of the body; karma — fruitive work; lajjā — bashfulness; dhairya — patience; deha-sukha — the happiness of the body; ātma-sukha — the happiness of the self; marma — the essence; dustyaja — difficult to give up; ārya-patha — the path of varnāśrama; nija — own; parijana — family members; sva-jane — one's own family; karaye — do; yata — all; tādana — punishment; bhartsana — scolding; sarva-tyāga kari' — giving up everything; kare — do; krishnera — of Lord Krishna; bhajana — worship; krishna-sukha-hetu — for the purpose of Lord Krishna's happiness; kare — do; prema — out of love; sevana — service.

TRANSLATION

Social customs, scriptural injunctions, bodily demands, fruitive action, shyness, patience, bodily pleasures, self-gratification and the path of varnāśrama-dharma, which is difficult to give up — the gopīs have forsaken all these, along with their families, and suffered their relatives' punishment and scolding, all for the sake of serving Lord Krishna. They render loving service to Him for the sake of His enjoyment.

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