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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

Antya 12.155 Antya 13.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.1

কৃষ্ণবিচ্ছেদজাতার্ত্যা ক্ষীণে চাপি মনস্তনূ ।

দধাতে ফুল্লতাং ভাবৈর্যস্য তং গৌরমাশ্রয়ে ॥ ১ ॥

kṛṣṇa-viccheda-jātārtyā

kṣīṇe cāpi manas-tanū

dadhāte phullatāṁ bhāvair

yasya taṁ gauram āśraye

Translation

Let me take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Gauracandra. His mind became exhausted and His body very thin from the pain of separation from Kṛṣṇa, but when He felt ecstatic love for the Lord, He again became fully developed.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Taking Shelter of Lord Gauracandra

1
The author seeks shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Gauracandra.
2
Separation from Kṛṣṇa exhausted the Lord’s mind and made His body very thin.
3
When He felt ecstatic love for the Lord, His body again became fully developed.

How it feels

Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.

The mood of Antya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

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

Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī. Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He immediately stopped.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kṛṣṇa-vicchedaby separation from Kṛṣṇa
jātaproduced
ārtyāby the pain
kṣīṇethin, exhausted
caand
apialthough
manaḥmind
tanūand body

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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 this description deepen your appreciation of Lord Gauracandra’s love for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the opening prayer slowly and offer a brief prayer for shelter at Lord Gauracandra’s lotus feet.

Live this todayTaking Shelter of Lord GauracandraThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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