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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya
Ādi 6.67Ādi 6.69-70

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.68

অপি বত মধুপুর্যামার্যপুত্রোঽধুনাস্তে

স্মরতি স পিতৃগেহান্‌ সৌম্য বন্ধূংশ্চ গোপান্‌ ।

ক্বচিদপি স কথাং নঃ কিঙ্করীণাং গৃণীতে

ভুজমগুরুসুগন্ধং মূর্ধ্ন্যধাস্যৎ কদা নু ॥ ৬৮ ॥

api bata madhu-puryām ārya-putro ’dhunāste

smarati sa pitṛ-gehān saumya bandhūṁś ca gopān

kvacid api sa kathāṁ naḥ kiṅkariṇāṁ gṛṇīte

bhujam aguru-sugandhaṁ mūrdhny adhāsyat kadā nu

Translation

“O Uddhava! It is indeed regrettable that Kṛṣṇa resides in Mathurā. Does He remember His father’s household affairs and His friends, the cowherd boys? O great soul! Does He ever talk about us, His maidservants? When will He lay on our heads His aguru-scented hand?”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Longing for Kṛṣṇa’s Remembrance and Touch

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    When Uddhava came to Vṛndāvana, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī sang these words in complete separation from Kṛṣṇa. The purport identifies them as part of the Bhramara-gītā.

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    She laments that Kṛṣṇa resides in Mathurā and asks whether He remembers His father’s household affairs and His friends, the cowherd boys.

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    Calling herself and the others His maidservants, She asks whether He speaks of them and when He will place His aguru-scented hand on their heads.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse appears in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.47.21), in the section known as the Bhramara-gītā.
  • When Uddhava came to Vṛndāvana, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, in complete separation from Kṛṣṇa, sang like this.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Ādi 6.68 quotesSB 10.47.21

This verse appears in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.47.21), in the section known as the Bhramara-gītā.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.

The mood of Ādi 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Ācārya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The efficient causal activities are caused by Mahā-Viṣṇu, and the material causal activities are caused by another form of Mahā-Viṣṇu, known as Advaita. That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. apicertainly
  2. bataregrettable
  3. madhu-puryāmin the city of Mathurā
  4. ārya-putraḥthe son of Nanda Mahārāja
  5. adhunānow
  6. āsteresides
  7. smaratiremembers
  8. saḥHe
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “cowherd”, “vṛndāvana”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”, “laments”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do these questions reveal to me about Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s longing for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one question from the translation and read it slowly, reflecting on the longing it expresses.

Live this todayLonging for Kṛṣṇa’s Remembrance and TouchThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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