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    "name":"Cc. Madhya 9.133",
    "h1":"Cc. Madhya 9.133",
    "label":"Text 133",
    "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 9.133",
    "description":"\"The authorities in the Vedic literature who are known as the śruti-gaṇa worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of the gopīs and followed in their footsteps."
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====== Cc. Madhya 9.133 ======

===== Text =====

> śruti-gaṇa gopī-gaṇera anugata hañā
> vrajeśvarī-suta bhaje gopī-bhāva lañā

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:ś:śruti]]-[[synonyms:g:gaṇa]]---the authorities of Vedic hymns; [[synonyms:g:gopī]]-[[synonyms:g:gaṇera]]---of the //gopīs//; [[synonyms:a:anugata]] [[synonyms:h:hañā]]---following in the footsteps; [[synonyms:v:vrajeśvarī]]-[[synonyms:s:suta]]---the son of mother Yaśodā; [[synonyms:b:bhaje]]---worship; [[synonyms:g:gopī]]-[[synonyms:b:bhāva]]---the ecstasy of the //gopīs//; [[synonyms:l:lañā]]---accepting.

===== Translation =====

**"The authorities in the Vedic literature who are known as the śruti-gaṇa worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of the gopīs and followed in their footsteps.**

===== Purport =====

The authorities in the Vedic literature known as the //śruti-gaṇa// desired to enter into Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa'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 Kṛṣṇa 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.