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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 12: The Loving Dealings Between Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Jagadānanda Paṇḍita
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.5

‘হাহা কৃষ্ণ প্রাণনাথ ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ! কাহাঁ যাঙ কাহাঁ পাঙ, মুরলীবদন !’ ৫ ।। ॥ ৫ ॥

‘hāhā kṛṣṇa prāṇa-nātha vrajendra-nandana!

kāhāṅ yāṅa kāhāṅ pāṅa, muralī-vadana!’

Translation

The Lord would cry, “O My Lord Kṛṣṇa, My life and soul! O son of Mahārāja Nanda, where shall I go? Where shall I attain You? O Supreme Personality who play with Your flute to Your mouth!”

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Is His Life and Soul

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu cries out to Kṛṣṇa as His Lord, His life and soul.

  2. 2

    He asks where He should go and where He can attain Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    He addresses Kṛṣṇa as the son of Mahārāja Nanda and the Supreme Personality who plays the flute.

How it feels

Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.

The mood of Antya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 12: The Loving Dealings Between Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Jagadānanda Paṇḍita

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

This chapter discusses the transformations of ecstatic love that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited day and night. The devotees from Bengal again journeyed to Jagannātha Purī to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hāhāO
  2. kṛṣṇaMy dear Kṛṣṇa
  3. prāṇa-nāthaMy life and soul
  4. vrajendra-nandanathe son of Mahārāja Nanda
  5. kāhāṅ yāṅawhere shall I go
  6. kāhāṅ pāṅawhere shall I get
  7. muralīflute
  8. vadanamouth
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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: “nanda”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the words “My life and soul” reveal about His longing for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read His prayer aloud slowly, paying attention to the ways He addresses Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is His Life and SoulThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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