54 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 1
wish that these lotus feet may also be awakened within our hearts, al-
though we are only ordinary persons engaged in household affairs.”
PURPORT
This is a verse from the Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.82.49).
TEXT 82
COlAA BA] CATA SHARIA |
Oa Saca ai, GCs Atel ACA Wb? i
tomara carana mora vraja-pura-ghare
udaya karaye yadi, tabe vaficha pure
SYNONYMS
tomara—Your; carana—lotus feet; mora—my; vraja-pura-ghare—at the
home in Vrndavana; udaya—awaken; karaye—| do; yadi—if; tabe—then;
vaficha—desires; pdre—are fulfilled.
TRANSLATION
The gopis thought: “Dear Lord, if Your lotus feet again come to our
home in Vrndavana, our desires will be fulfilled.’
PURPORT
In his Anubhdasya, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments: “The
gopis are purely engaged in the service of the Lord without motive. They are
not captivated by the opulence of Krsna, nor by the understanding that He is
the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” Naturally the gopis were inclined to
love Krsna, for He was an attractive young boy of Vrndavana village. Being
village girls, they were not very much attracted to the field of Kuruksetra,
where Krsna was present with elephants, horses and royal dress. Indeed, they
did not very much appreciate Krsna in that atmosphere. Krsna was not at-
tracted by the opulence or personal beauty of the gopis but by their pure
devotional service. Similarly, the gopis were attracted to Krsna as a cowherd
boy, not in sophisticated guise. Lord Krsna is inconceivably powerful. To
understand Him, great yogis and saintly persons give up all material engage-
ments and meditate upon Him. Similarly, those who are overly attracted to
material enjoyment, to enhancement of material opulence, to family mainte-
nance or to liberation from the entanglements of this material world take
