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How to study this verse, in six steps

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 14.38 Antya 14.40

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.39

উন্মত্তের প্রায় প্রভু করেন গান-নৃত্য ।

দেহের স্বভাবে করেন স্নান-ভোজন-কৃত্য ॥ ৩৯ ॥

unmattera prāya prabhu karena gāna-nṛtya

dehera svabhāve karena snāna-bhojana-kṛtya

Translation

Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would chant and dance, always absorbed in the bliss of transcendental madness. He carried out the necessities of the body, such as eating and bathing, merely out of habit.

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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.

Chanting and Dancing in Transcendental Bliss

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would chant and dance.
2
He remained absorbed in the bliss of transcendental madness.
3
He carried out bodily necessities, such as eating and bathing, merely out of habit. His absorption continued amid these ordinary activities.

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.

unmattera prāyaas if mad
prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
karenaperforms
gāna-nṛtyasinging and dancing
deheraof the body
svabhāveby nature
karenacarries out
snānabathing
bhojanaeating
kṛtyaduties

Key ideas in this verse

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: “madness”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse show about the place of chanting and dancing in the Lord’s daily life?

Practice

Set aside a brief, attentive time for chanting today.

Live this todayChanting and Dancing in Transcendental BlissThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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