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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
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 14.31 Antya 14.33

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.32

স্বপ্নের দর্শনাবেশে তদ্রূপ হৈল মন ।

যাহাঁ তাহাঁ দেখে সর্বত্র মুরলী-বদন ॥ ৩২ ॥

svapnera darśanāveśe tad-rūpa haila mana

yāhāṅ tāhāṅ dekhe sarvatra muralī-vadana

Translation

Becoming fully absorbed in that vision, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had assumed the mood of the gopīs, so much so that everywhere He looked He saw Kṛṣṇa standing with His flute to His lips.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing Kṛṣṇa Everywhere in Deep Absorption

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became fully absorbed in His vision of Kṛṣṇa.
2
In that absorption, He assumed the mood of the gopīs.
3
Everywhere He looked, He saw Kṛṣṇa standing with His flute to His lips.

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:

When Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the temple of Lord Jagannātha, He was absorbed in ecstatic love and saw only Kṛṣṇa. As soon as He perceived this woman, however, His external consciousness immediately returned, and He saw Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

svapneraof the dream
darśana-āveśeby being fully absorbed in the vision
tat-rūpalike that
haila manathe mind became
yāhāṅ tāhāṅanywhere and everywhere
dekhesees
sarvatraall around
muralī-vadanaKṛṣṇa with His flute to His mouth

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

What does seeing Kṛṣṇa everywhere reveal about the depth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s absorption?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering the description of Kṛṣṇa standing with His flute to His lips.

Live this todaySeeing Kṛṣṇa Everywhere in Deep AbsorptionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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