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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 11: The Passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.14

দিনে দিনে বাড়ে বিকার, রাত্র্যে অতিশয় ।

চিন্তা, উদ্বেগ, প্রলাপাদি যত শাস্ত্রে কয় ॥ ১৪ ॥

dine dine bāḍe vikāra, rātrye atiśaya

cintā, udvega, pralāpādi yata śāstre kaya

Translation

Day after day the symptoms increased, and at night they increased even more. All these symptoms, such as transcendental anxiety, agitation and talking like a madman, were present, just as they are described in the śāstras.

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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.

Transcendental Symptoms Described in the Śāstras

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s symptoms of separation increased day after day.

  2. 2

    At night they increased still more, including transcendental anxiety, agitation and talking like a madman.

  3. 3

    These symptoms were present just as they are described in the śāstras.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dine dineday after day
  2. bāḍeincrease
  3. vikāratransformations
  4. rātrye atiśayaespecially at night
  5. cintāanxiety
  6. udvegaagitation
  7. pralāpatalking like a madman
  8. ādiand so on
  9. yataas many as
  10. śāstre kayaare mentioned in the śāstras.
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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

How does the reference to the śāstras guide my understanding of these extraordinary symptoms?

Practice

Read this verse alongside the preceding translation and note that the symptoms arise from separation from Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayTranscendental Symptoms Described in the ŚāstrasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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