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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 14.41 Antya 14.43

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.42

প্রাপ্তরত্ন হারাঞা, তার গুণ সঙরিয়া, মহাপ্রভু সন্তাপে বিহ্বল ।

রায় স্বরূপের কণ্ঠ ধরি’, কহে ‘হাহা হরি হরি’, ধৈর্য গেল, হইলা চপল ॥ ৪২ ॥

prāpta-ratna hārāñā, tāra guṇa saṅariyā,

mahāprabhu santāpe vihvala

rāya-svarūpera kaṇṭha dhari’, kahe ‘hāhā hari hari’,

dhairya gela, ha-ilā capala

Translation

Having lost His acquired gem, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became overwhelmed with lamentation by remembering its attributes. Then, grasping the necks of Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, He cried, “Alas, where is My Lord Hari? Where is Hari?” Finally He became restless and lost all patience.

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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.

Remembering Kṛṣṇa deepens the longing for Him

1
Remembering the attributes of His lost gem, Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu becomes overwhelmed with lamentation.
2
He grasps the necks of Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and cries, “Alas, where is My Lord Hari? Where is Hari?”
3
His longing becomes so intense that He grows restless and loses all patience.

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:

Caitanya Mahāprabhu also saw Kṛṣṇa in a dream, and He was overwhelmed with ecstatic love. When He could no longer see Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu compared Himself to a yogī and described how that yogī was seeing Vṛndāvana.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prāptaacquired
ratnagem
hārāñāhaving lost
tāraof it
guṇaattributes
saṅariyāremembering
mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
santāpein lamentation

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: “lamentation”, “longing”
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: “hari”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does His cry for Hari reveal about how deeply He longs for Him?

Practice

Read His cry for Hari slowly, and pause to consider the longing expressed in it.

Live this todayRemembering Kṛṣṇa deepens the longing for HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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