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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 12.64

দিনে নানা ক্রীড়া করে লঞা ভক্তগণ ।

রাত্র্যে কৃষ্ণ-বিচ্ছেদে প্রভু করেন রোদন ॥ ৬৪ ॥

dine nānā krīḍā kare lañā bhakta-gaṇa

rātrye kṛṣṇa-vicchede prabhu karena rodana

Translation

During the day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu engaged in various activities with His devotees, but at night He felt great separation from Kṛṣṇa and used to cry.

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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.

Companionship by Day, Separation by Night

  1. 1

    During the day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu engaged in various activities with His devotees.

  2. 2

    At night, He felt great separation from Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    His feeling of separation was so intense that He used to cry.

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:

Śivānanda Sena felt highly favored to have been kicked by Nityānanda Prabhu, but his nephew Śrīkānta Sena became upset and therefore left their company. He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī before the rest of the party arrived.
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. dineduring the day
  2. nānāvarious
  3. krīḍā kareperformed pastimes
  4. lañā bhakta-gaṇawith His devotees
  5. rātryeat night
  6. kṛṣṇa-vicchedebecause of separation from Kṛṣṇa
  7. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. karena rodanacries
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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”

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 Lord’s crying reveal to you about the depth of His longing for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute tonight reflecting on the Lord’s deep feeling of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayCompanionship by Day, Separation by NightThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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