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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 1.150Antya 1.152

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.151

শ্রুত্বা নিষ্ঠুরতাং মমেন্দুবদনা প্রেমাঙ্কুরং ভিন্ধতী স্বান্তে শান্তিধুরাং বিধায় বিধুরে প্রায়ঃ পরাঞ্চিষ্যতি ।

কিংবা পামর-কাম-কার্মুকপরিত্রস্তা বিমোক্ষ্যত্যসূন্ হা মৌগ্ধ্যাৎ ফলিনী মনোরথলতা মৃদ্বী ময়োন্মূলিতা ॥ ১৫১ ॥

śrutvā niṣṭhuratāṁ mamendu-vadanā premāṅkuraṁ bhindatī

svānte śānti-dhurāṁ vidhāya vidhure prāyaḥ parāñciṣyati

kiṁ vā pāmara-kāma-kārmuka-paritrastā vimokṣyaty asūn

hā maugdhyāt phalinī manoratha-latā mṛdvī mayonmūlitā

Translation

“ ‘Upon hearing of My cruelty, moon-faced Rādhārāṇī may establish some kind of tolerance in Her aggrieved heart. But then She might turn against Me. Or, indeed, being fearful of the lusty desires invoked by the bow of formidable Cupid, She might even give up Her life. Alas! I have foolishly uprooted the soft creeper of Her desire just when it was ready to bear fruit.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Repents His Cruelty to Rādhārāṇī

  1. 1

    The purport explains that Kṛṣṇa is repenting after being very cruel to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  2. 2

    He considers whether She may tolerate Her grief, turn against Him, or even give up Her life out of fear of the desires invoked by Cupid.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa compares Her desire to a soft creeper ready to bear fruit. He laments that He has foolishly uprooted it.

Key points from the purport
  • Having been very cruel to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa is repenting in this way (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.40).

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

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:

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. 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.
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. śrutvāby hearing
  2. niṣṭhuratāmcruelty
  3. mamaMy
  4. indu-vadanāmoon-faced
  5. prema-aṅkuramthe seed of love
  6. bhindatīsplitting
  7. sva-antewithin Her heart
  8. śānti-dhurāmgreat toleration
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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: “laments”

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 the image of a tender creeper help you understand about Kṛṣṇa’s regret?

Practice

Read Kṛṣṇa’s final lament aloud once, paying attention to His repentance.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Repents His Cruelty to RādhārāṇīThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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