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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 1.189Antya 1.191

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.190

সহচরি নিরাতঙ্কঃ কোঽয়ং যুবা মুদিরদ্যুতি- র্ব্রজভুবি কুতঃ প্রাপ্তো মাদ্যন্মতঙ্গজবিভ্রমঃ ।

অহহ চটুলৈরুৎসর্পদ্ভির্দৃগঞ্চলতস্করৈ- র্মম ধৃতিধনং চেতঃকোষাদ্বিলুণ্ঠয়তীহ যঃ ॥ ১৯০ ॥

saha-cari nirātaṅkaḥ ko ’yaṁ yuvā mudira-dyutir

vraja-bhuvi kutaḥ prāpto mādyan mataṅ-gaja-vibhramaḥ

ahaha caṭulair utsarpadbhir dṛg-añcala-taskarair

mama dhṛti-dhanaṁ cetaḥ-koṣād viluṇṭhayatīha yaḥ

Translation

“ ‘My dear friend, who is this fearless young man? He is as bright as a lightning cloud, and He wanders in His pastimes like a maddened elephant. From where has He come to Vṛndāvana? Alas, by His restless movements and attractive glances He is plundering from the vault of My heart the treasure of My patience.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Glances Steal Rādhārāṇī’s Patience

  1. 1

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī speaks to Her friend Lalitādevī, asking who this fearless young man is and where He has come from.

  2. 2

    She describes Him as bright as a lightning cloud, wandering in His pastimes like a maddened elephant.

  3. 3

    His restless movements and attractive glances plunder the treasure of patience from the vault of Her heart.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse (Lalita-mādhava 2.11) is spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to Her friend Lalitādevī.

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 examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much. After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes.
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. saha-cariO My dear friend
  2. nirātaṅkaḥwithout fear
  3. kaḥwho
  4. ayamthis
  5. yuvāyoung man
  6. mudira-dyutiḥas effulgent as a lightning cloud
  7. vraja-bhuviin the land of Vraja, Vṛndāvana
  8. kutaḥfrom where
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

  • 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 does the image of a treasure stolen from the heart convey about Rādhārāṇī’s response?

Practice

Choose one image from this verse and write a sentence explaining what it expresses.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Glances Steal Rādhārāṇī’s PatienceThis 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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