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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord
Antya 1.141Antya 1.143

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.142

একস্য শ্রুতমেব লুম্পতি মতিং কৃষ্ণেতি নামাক্ষরং সান্দ্রোন্মাদ-পরম্পরামুপনয়ত্যন্যস্য বংশীকলঃ ।

এষ স্নিগ্ধঘনদ্যুতির্মনসি মে লগ্নঃ পটে বীক্ষণাৎ কষ্টং ধিক্ পুরুষত্রয়ে রতিরভূন্মন্যে মৃতিঃ শ্রেয়সী ॥ ১৪২ ॥

ekasya śrutam eva lumpati matiṁ kṛṣṇeti nāmākṣaraṁ

sāndronmāda-paramparām upanayaty anyasya vaṁśī-kalaḥ

eṣa snigdha-ghana-dyutir manasi me lagnaḥ paṭe vīkṣaṇāt

kaṣṭaṁ dhik puruṣa-traye ratir abhūn manye mṛtiḥ śreyasī

Translation

“[Experiencing previous attachment to Kṛṣṇa (pūrva-rāga), Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī thought:] ‘Since I have heard the name of a person called Kṛṣṇa, I have practically lost My good sense. Then, there is another person who plays His flute in such a way that after I hear the vibration, intense madness arises in My heart. And again there is still another person to whom My mind becomes attached when I see His beautiful lightninglike effulgence in His picture. Therefore I think that I am greatly condemned, for I have become simultaneously attached to three persons. It would be better for Me to die because of this.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Love Awakens Through Name, Flute, and Picture

  1. 1

    Experiencing previous attachment to Kṛṣṇa, called pūrva-rāga, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī feels that hearing His name has made Her lose Her good sense.

  2. 2

    The flute's vibration causes intense madness in Her heart, while the beautiful lightninglike effulgence in His picture attracts Her mind.

  3. 3

    She thinks these attractions are toward three different persons. Feeling condemned by this apparent attachment, She expresses overwhelming distress.

How it feels

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

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

One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ekasyaof one person
  2. śrutamheard
  3. evacertainly
  4. lumpatitake away
  5. matimthe mind
  6. kṛṣṇa itiKṛṣṇa
  7. nāma-akṣaramthe letters of the name
  8. sāndra-unmādaof intense madness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

  • 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: “madness”

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 does this verse reveal about the intensity of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s awakening attachment?

Practice

List the three ways attraction awakens in this verse: the name, the flute's vibration, and the picture.

Live this todayLove Awakens Through Name, Flute, and PictureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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