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  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 14.119Antya 14.121

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.120

সমীপে নীলাদ্রেবর্ধনগিরিপতিং লোকিতুমিতঃ ।

ব্রজন্নস্মীত্যুক্ত্বা প্রমদ ইব ধাবন্নবধৃতো গণৈঃ স্বৈর্গৌরাঙ্গো হৃদয় উদয়ন্মাং মদয়তি ॥ ১২০ ॥

samīpe nīlādreś caṭaka-giri-rājasya kalanād

aye goṣṭhe govardhana-giri-patiṁ lokitum itaḥ

vrajann asmīty uktvā pramada iva dhāvann avadhṛto

gaṇaiḥ svair gaurāṅgo hṛdaya udayan māṁ madayati

Translation

“Near Jagannātha Purī is a great sand dune known as Caṭaka-parvata. Seeing that hill, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, ‘Oh, I shall go to the land of Vraja to see Govardhana Hill!’ Then He began running madly toward it, and all the Vaiṣṇavas ran after Him. This scene awakens in my heart and maddens me.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Longing to See Govardhana Hill

  1. 1

    Caṭaka-parvata is a great sand dune near Jagannātha Purī. Seeing it, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared that He would go to Vraja to see Govardhana Hill.

  2. 2

    He began running madly toward the dune, and all the Vaiṣṇavas ran after Him.

  3. 3

    The speaker says that this scene awakens in his heart and maddens him. The purport identifies the passage as a verse from Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa.

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. samīpenear
  2. nīlādreḥJagannātha Purī
  3. caṭakanamed Caṭaka
  4. giri-rājasyathe king of sand dunes
  5. kalanāton account of seeing
  6. ayeoh
  7. goṣṭheto the place for pasturing cows
  8. govardhana-giri-patimGovardhana, the king of hills
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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: “vraja”, “govardhana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you most in the Lord’s eager movement toward Govardhana Hill?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute recalling the scene as described: the dune, the Lord’s words, and the Vaiṣṇavas following Him.

Live this todayLonging to See Govardhana HillThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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