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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 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa
Antya 13.139Antya 14.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.1

কৃষ্ণবিচ্ছেদবিভ্রান্ত্যা মনসা বপুষা ধিয়া ।

যদ্যদ্ব্যধত্ত গৌরাঙ্গস্তল্লেশঃ কথ্যতেঽধুনা ॥ ১ ॥

kṛṣṇa-viccheda-vibhrāntyā

manasā vapuṣā dhiyā

yad yad vyadhatta gaurāṅgas

tal-leśaḥ kathyate ’dhunā

Translation

I shall now describe a very small portion of the activities performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with His mind, intelligence and body when He was bewildered by strong feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Separation from Kṛṣṇa Engages His Whole Being

  1. 1

    The author will describe only a very small portion of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s activities.

  2. 2

    Strong feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa bewildered Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    These feelings involved His mind, intelligence and body.

How it feels

Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.

The mood of Antya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa resulted in highly elevated transcendental madness. When He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa-vicchedaof separation from Kṛṣṇa
  2. vibhrāntyāby the bewilderment
  3. manasāby the mind
  4. vapuṣāby the body
  5. dhiyāby the intelligence
  6. yat yatwhatever
  7. vyadhattaperformed
  8. gaurāṅgaḥŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the involvement of mind, intelligence and body reveal about the depth of His separation from Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, noticing each mention of mind, intelligence and body.

Live this todaySeparation from Kṛṣṇa Engages His Whole BeingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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