Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Synonyms

gopīnām—of the gopīs; paśupendra-nandana-juṣaḥ—of the service of the son of Vraja's King, Mahārāja Nanda; bhāvasya—ecstatic; kaḥ—what; tām—that; kṛtī—learned man; vijñātum—to understand; kṣamate—is able; durūha—very difficult to understand; padavī—the position; sañcāriṇaḥ—which provokes; prakriyām—activity; āviṣkurvati—He manifests; vaiṣṇavīm—of Viṣṇu; api—certainly; tanum—the body; tasmin—in that; bhujaiḥ—with arms; jiṣṇubhiḥ—very beautiful; yāsām—of whom (the gopīs); hanta—alas; caturbhiḥ—four; adbhuta—wonderfully; rucim—beautiful; rāga-udayaḥ—the evoking of ecstatic feelings; kuñcati—cripples..

Translation

"Once Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, with a playful motive, manifested Himself as Nārāyaṇa, with four victorious hands and a very beautiful form. Seeing this exalted form, however, crippled the ecstatic feelings of the gopīs. A learned scholar, therefore, cannot understand the gopīs ecstatic feelings, which are firmly fixed upon the original form of Lord Kṛṣṇa as the son of Nanda Mahārāja. The wonderful feelings of the gopīs in ecstatic parama-rasa with Kṛṣṇa are the greatest mystery in spiritual life."

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