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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 13.63

প্রসাদ পাই অন্যোন্যে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ।

চৈতন্যবিরহে দুঁহে করিলা ক্রন্দন ॥ ৬৩ ॥

prasāda pāi anyonye kailā āliṅgana

caitanya-virahe duṅhe karilā krandana

Translation

After eating the prasādam, they embraced each other and cried due to separation from Lord Caitanya.

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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.

Shared Longing for Lord Caitanya

  1. 1

    After eating prasādam, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Sanātana Gosvāmī embrace each other.

  2. 2

    Both cry because of separation from Lord Caitanya.

  3. 3

    Their embrace and tears reveal their shared longing for Him.

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

Further reading

Antya 13: Pastimes with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī

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

When Jagadānanda returned to Jagannātha Purī, he presented Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with some gifts from Sanātana Gosvāmī, and the incident of the pīlu fruit took place. Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prasāda pāiafter eating the remnants of food
  2. anyonyeone another
  3. kailā āliṅganathey embraced
  4. caitanya-virahein separation from Lord Caitanya
  5. duṅheboth
  6. karilā krandanacried
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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”, “longing”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “embraced”

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 their shared sorrow reveal about their love for Lord Caitanya?

Practice

Spend a quiet moment remembering Lord Caitanya and reflecting on the longing described here.

Live this todayShared Longing for Lord CaitanyaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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