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have accepted the body as the self; gopikd-sutah—the son of mother Yasoda;
jfidninam—for persons addicted to mental speculation; ca—and; dtma-
bhatanam—for persons performing severe austerities and penances; yathd—as;
bhaktimatam—for persons engaged in spontaneous devotional service; iha—in
this world.

TRANSLATION

Caitanya Mahaprabhu then quoted, ‘‘ ‘The Supreme Personality of God-
head, Krsna, the son of mother YaSoda, 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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Sruti-gana gopi-ganera anugata hafia
vrajesvari-suta bhaje gopi-bhava lafia

SYNONYMS
Sruti-gana—the authorities of Vedic hymns; gopi-ganera—of the gopis;
anugata hafid—following in the footsteps; vrajesvari-suta—the son of mother
Yasoda; bhaje —worship; gopi-bhava—the ecstasy of the gopis; lafid—accepting.

TRANSLATION

“The authorities in Vedic literatures known as sruti-gana worshiped Lord
Krsna in the ecstasy of the gopis and followed in their footsteps.

PURPORT

The authorities in Vedic literature known as Sruti-gana desired to enter into Lord
Sri Krsna’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 Krsna in the ecstasy of the gopis, they
actually accepted bodies like those of the gopis. They even took birth in Vra-
