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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

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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.4

কৃষ্ণবিচ্ছেদে দুঃখে ক্ষীণ মন-কায় ।

ভাবাবেশে প্রভু কভু প্রফুল্লিত হয় ॥ ৪ ॥

kṛṣṇa-vicchede duḥkhe kṣīṇa mana-kāya

bhāvāveśe prabhu kabhu praphullita haya

Translation

The unhappiness of separation from Kṛṣṇa exhausted the Lord’s mind and reduced the structure of His body, but when He felt emotions of ecstatic love, He again became developed and healthy.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Separation and Ecstatic Love

1
The unhappiness of separation from Kṛṣṇa exhausted the Lord’s mind.
2
This separation also reduced the structure of His body.
3
When He felt emotions of ecstatic love, His body again became developed and healthy.

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-vicchedebecause of separation from Kṛṣṇa
duḥkhein unhappiness
kṣīṇathin
mana-kāyamind and body
bhāva-āveśeby ecstatic love
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
kabhusometimes
praphullita hayabecomes healthy and developed

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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

What does the effect on the Lord’s body reveal about the depth of His feelings for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Reread the verse and pause over the contrast between separation and ecstatic love.

Live this todaySeparation and Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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