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

Antya 14.113 Antya 14.115

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.114

নিপট্ট-বাহ্য হইলে প্রভু দুঁহারে বন্দিলা ।

মহাপ্রভুরে দুইজন প্রেমালিঙ্গন কৈলা ॥ ১১৪ ॥

nipaṭṭa-bāhya ha-ile prabhu duṅhāre vandilā

mahāprabhure dui-jana premāliṅgana kailā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to complete external consciousness and immediately offered prayers to them. Then these two elderly gentlemen both embraced the Lord with loving affection.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Respect Meets Loving Affection

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to complete external consciousness.
2
He immediately offered prayers to the two elderly gentlemen.
3
Both gentlemen embraced the Lord with loving affection. Their response joined His respect with their warmth.

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

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

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

As soon as He perceived this woman, however, His external consciousness immediately returned, and He saw Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā. Caitanya Mahāprabhu also saw Kṛṣṇa in a dream, and He was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

nipaṭṭa-bāhyacomplete external consciousness
ha-ilewhen there was
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
duṅhāreto both of them
vandilāoffered prayers
mahāprabhureŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
dui-janaboth persons
prema-āliṅgana kailāembraced with love and affection

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you bring both respect and warmth into your dealings with others?

Practice

Offer a respectful greeting to an elder today.

Live this todayRespect Meets Loving AffectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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