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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.36
ভূমির উপর বসি’ নিজ-নখে ভূমি লিখে ।
অশ্রু-গঙ্গা নেত্রে বহে, কিছুই না দেখে ॥ ৩৬ ॥
bhūmira upara vasi’ nija-nakhe bhūmi likhe
aśru-gaṅgā netre vahe, kichui nā dekhe
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down on the ground and began to mark it with His fingernails. He was blinded by tears, which flowed from His eyes like the Ganges.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down on the ground.
He began marking the ground with His fingernails.
Tears blinded His eyes and flowed like the Ganges, expressing the depth of His distress in separation from Kṛṣṇa.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
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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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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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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Read the verse quietly, giving attention to its description of the Lord’s tears.
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