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  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 1.153Antya 1.155

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.154

অন্তঃক্লেশকলঙ্কিতাঃ কিল বয়ং যামোঽদ্য যাম্যাং পুরীং নায়ং বঞ্চনসঞ্চয়প্রণয়িনং হাসং তথাপ্যুজ্ঝতি ।

অস্মিন্ সম্পুটিতে গভীরকপটৈরাভীরপল্লীবিটে হা মেধাবিনি রাধিকে তব কথং প্রেমা গরীয়ানভূৎ ॥ ১৫৪ ॥

antaḥ-kleśa-kalaṅkitāḥ kila vayaṁ yāmo ’dya yāmyāṁ purīṁ

nāyaṁ vañcana-sañcaya-praṇayinaṁ hāsaṁ tathāpy ujjhati

asmin sampuṭite gabhīra-kapaṭair ābhīra-pallī-viṭe

hā medhāvini rādhike tava kathaṁ premā garīyān abhūt

Translation

“ ‘Our hearts are so polluted by miserable conditions that we are certainly going to Pluto’s kingdom. Nevertheless, Kṛṣṇa does not give up His beautiful loving smiling, which is full of cheating tricks. O Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, You are very intelligent. How could You have developed such great loving affection for this deceitful debauchee from the neighborhood of the cowherds?’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Lalitā Questions Rādhārāṇī’s Affection for Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Lalitā-sakhī, a confidential friend, speaks this verse to Rādhārāṇī.

  2. 2

    She describes their hearts as polluted by miserable conditions, while Kṛṣṇa continues His beautiful, loving smile. In her complaint, that smile is full of cheating tricks.

  3. 3

    Addressing Rādhārāṇī as very intelligent, Lalitā asks how She developed such great affection for Him. Her sharp words contrast their distress with His smiling manner.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.37) is spoken to Rādhārāṇī by Lalitā-sakhī, another confidential friend.

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:

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. antaḥ-kleśa-kalaṅkitāḥpolluted by inner miserable conditions that continue even after death
  2. kilacertainly
  3. vayamall of us
  4. yāmaḥare going
  5. adyanow
  6. yāmyāmof Yamarāja
  7. purīmto the abode
  8. nanot
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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: “cowherds”

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

How does the contrast between their misery and Kṛṣṇa’s smile shape Lalitā’s complaint?

Practice

Note who is speaking and whom she addresses, then reread the verse as Lalitā’s complaint.

Live this todayLalitā Questions Rādhārāṇī’s Affection for KṛṣṇaThis 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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