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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 14.110

হেনকালে তুমি-সব কোলাহল কৈলা ।

তাহাঁ হৈতে ধরি’ মোরে ইহাঁ লঞা আইলা ॥ ১১০ ॥

hena-kāle tumi-saba kolāhala kailā

tāhāṅ haite dhari’ more ihāṅ lañā āilā

Translation

“Just then, all of you made a tumultuous sound and carried Me from there to this place.

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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.

An Interruption to Seeing Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that the others made a tumultuous sound.

  2. 2

    They carried Him from the place He was describing to His present location.

  3. 3

    This happened just as the gopīs had asked Him to pick flowers.

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:

Once Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook a sand dune known as Caṭaka-parvata for Govardhana Hill. As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hena-kāleat this time
  2. tumi-sabaall of you
  3. kolāhala kailāmade a tumultuous sound
  4. tāhāṅ haitefrom there
  5. dhari’catching
  6. moreMe
  7. ihāṅhere
  8. lañā āilāyou have brought
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this sudden interruption help you understand what Mahāprabhu says next?

Practice

Read this verse together with the next one, noticing the interruption and the pain He expresses.

Live this todayAn Interruption to Seeing KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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