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| Madhya-līlā | Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.133
śruti-gana gopī-ganera anugata hańā
vrajeśvarī-suta bhaje gopī-bhāva lańā
SYNONYMS
śruti-gana — the authorities of Vedic hymns; gopī-ganera — of the gopīs; anugata hańā — following in the footsteps; vrajeśvarī-suta — the son of mother Yaśodā; bhaje — worship; gopī-bhāva — the ecstasy of the gopīs; lańā — accepting.
TRANSLATION
"The authorities in the Vedic literature who are known as the śruti-ganas worshiped Lord Krishna in the ecstasy of the gopīs and followed in their footsteps.
PURPORT
The authorities in the Vedic literature who are known as the śruti-ganas desired to enter into Lord Śrī Krishna's rāsa dance; therefore they began to worship the Lord in the ecstasy of the gopīs. In the beginning, however, they were unsuccessful. When they could not enter the dance simply by thinking of Krishna in the ecstasy of the gopīs, they actually accepted bodies like those of the gopīs. They even took birth in Vrajabhūmi just like the gopīs and consequently became engrossed in the ecstasy of the gopīs' love. In this way they were allowed to enter into the rāsa-līlā dance of the Lord.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness