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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.13

এইমত মহাপ্রভুর সুখে কাল যায় ।

কৃষ্ণের বিরহ-বিকার অঙ্গে নানা হয় ॥ ১৩ ॥

ei-mata mahāprabhura sukhe kāla yāya

kṛṣṇera viraha-vikāra aṅge nānā haya

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu very happily passed His days in this way at Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī. Feeling separation from Kṛṣṇa, He exhibited many transcendental symptoms all over His body.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Happiness and Separation from Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His days very happily at Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī.

  2. 2

    At the same time, He felt separation from Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    This separation was expressed through many transcendental symptoms all over His body.

How it feels

Sacred grief and gratitude. The Lord personally honors Haridāsa’s departure and leads the funeral observances.

The mood of Antya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 11: The Passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this chapter it is described how Brahmā Haridāsa Ṭhākura gave up his body with the consent of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and how the Lord Himself personally performed the funeral ceremony and carried the body to the sea. He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-matain this way
  2. mahāprabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. sukhein happiness
  4. kāla yāyatime passes
  5. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  6. virahafrom separation
  7. vikāratransformations
  8. aṅgeon the body
  9. nānāvarious
  10. hayathere are
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “separation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about happiness and separation appearing together in this description?

Practice

Reread the translation slowly, noticing both His happiness and His feeling of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayHappiness and Separation from KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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