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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 1.152Antya 1.154

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.153

গৃহান্তঃখেলন্ত্যো নিজসহজবাল্যস্য বলনা- দভদ্রং ভদ্রং বা কিমপি হি ন জানীমহি মনাক্ ।

বয়ং নেতুং যুক্তাঃ কথমশরণাং কামপি দশাং কথং বা ন্যায্যা তে প্রথয়িতুমুদাসীনপদবী ॥ ১৫৩ ॥

gṛhāntaḥ khelantyo nija-sahaja-bālyasya balanād

abhadraṁ bhadraṁ vā kim api hi na jānīmahi manāk

vayaṁ netuṁ yuktāḥ katham aśaraṇāṁ kām api daśāṁ

kathaṁ vā nyāyyā te prathayitum udāsīna-padavī

Translation

“ ‘I was engaged in My own playful activities in My home, and because of My childish innocence I did not know right from wrong. Therefore, is it good for You to have forced Us into being so much attracted to You and then to have neglected Us? Now You are indifferent to Us. Do You think this is right?’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhārāṇī Questions Kṛṣṇa’s Indifference

  1. 1

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī addresses Kṛṣṇa directly in this verse.

  2. 2

    She recalls being absorbed in playful activities at home, not knowing right from wrong because of Her childish innocence.

  3. 3

    She asks whether it is right for Him to have drawn them into such strong attraction and then neglected them. Her question challenges His present indifference.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.46) is spoken to Kṛṣṇa by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

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:

After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead. Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana.
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. gṛha-antaḥ khelantyaḥwho were engaged in childish play within the house
  2. nijaone’s own
  3. sahajasimple
  4. bālyasyaof childhood
  5. balanāton account of influence
  6. abhadrambad
  7. bhadramgood
  8. vāor
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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”

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 contrast do you notice between Rādhārāṇī’s earlier innocence and Her present complaint?

Practice

Read the verse twice, first noticing the description of innocence and then the question about neglect.

Live this todayRādhārāṇī Questions Kṛṣṇa’s IndifferenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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