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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 1.145Antya 1.147

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.146

অকারুণ্যঃ কৃষ্ণো যদি ময়ি তবাগঃ কথমিদং মুধা মা রোদীর্মে কুরু পরমিমামুত্তরকৃতিম্ ।

তমালস্য স্কন্ধে বিনিহিত-ভুজবল্লরিরিয়ং যথা বৃন্দারণ্যে চিরমবিচলা তিষ্ঠতি তনুঃ ॥ ১৪৬ ॥

akāruṇyaḥ kṛṣṇo yadi mayi tavāgaḥ katham idaṁ

mudhā mā rodīr me kuru param imām uttara-kṛtim

tamālasya skandhe vinihita-bhuja-vallarir iyaṁ

yathā vṛndāraṇye ciram avicalā tiṣṭhati tanuḥ

Translation

“[Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī said to Her constant companion Viśākhā:] ‘My dear friend, if Kṛṣṇa is unkind to Me, there will be no need for you to cry, for it will not be due to any fault of yours. I shall then have to die, but afterwards please do one thing for Me: to observe My funeral ceremony, place My body with its arms embracing a tamāla tree like creepers so that I may remain forever in Vṛndāvana undisturbed. That is My last request.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Last Request to Remain in Vṛndāvana

  1. 1

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī tells Her constant companion Viśākhā not to cry if Kṛṣṇa is unkind to Her. She assures Viśākhā that it would not be her fault.

  2. 2

    In Her distress, She speaks of dying and asks that Her body be placed with its arms embracing a tamāla tree like creepers.

  3. 3

    Her last request expresses Her wish to remain forever in Vṛndāvana undisturbed.

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. akārunyaḥvery cruel
  2. kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa
  3. yadiif
  4. mayiunto Me
  5. tavayour
  6. āgaḥoffense
  7. kathamhow
  8. idamthis
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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”

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”

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 Her reassurance to Viśākhā and Her wish to remain in Vṛndāvana reveal about Her heart?

Practice

Write down the two concerns expressed here: freeing Viśākhā from blame and remaining in Vṛndāvana.

Live this todayA Last Request to Remain in VṛndāvanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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