Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

364 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9
have accepted the body as the self; gopika-suta/:1-the son of mother Yasoda;
jnaninam-for persons addicted to mental speculation; ca-and; atma­
bhatanam-for persons performing severe austerities and penances; yatha-as;
bhaktimatam-for persons engaged in spontaneous devotional service; iha-in
this world.
TRANSLATION
Caitanya Mahaprabhu then quoted, " 'The Supreme Personality of God­
head, Kr�Qa, the son of mother Ya5oda, is accessible to those devotees
engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to
mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities
and penances, or to those who consider the body to be the same as the self.'
PURPORT
This verse, also given in Madhya-lila 8.227, is quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam
(10.9.21).
TEXT 133
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�19!�1! lf!itll! (;'Stt�lf!i� l'f�i" ���"
sruti-gaQa gopi-gaQera anugata hana
vrajesvari-suta bhaje gopi-bhava lana
SY NONYMS
sruti-gaQa-the authorities of Vedic hymns; gopi-gaQera-of the gopis;
anugata hana-following in the footsteps; vrajesvari-suta-the son of mother
Yasoda; bhaje-worship; gopi-bhava-the ecstasy of the gopis; /ana-accepting.
TRANSLATION
"The authorities in Vedic literatures known as sruti-gaQa worshiped Lord
Kr�Qa in the ecstasy of the gopis and followed in their footsteps.
PURPORT
The authorities in Vedic literature known as sruti-gaQa desired to enter into Lord
Sri Kr�r:Ja's rasa dance; therefore they began to worship the Lord in the ecstasy of
the gopis. In the beginning, however, they were unsuccessful. When they could
not enter the dance simply by thinking of Kr�r:Ja in the ecstasy of the gopis, they
actually accepted bodies like those of the gopis. They even took birth in Vra-