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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 14.43Antya 14.45

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.44

কৃষ্ণলীলা-মণ্ডল, শুদ্ধ শঙ্খকুণ্ডল, গড়িয়াছে শুক কারিকর ।

সেই কুণ্ডল কাণে পরি’, তৃষ্ণা-লাউ-থালী ধরি’, আশা-ঝুলি কান্ধের উপর ॥ ৪৪ ॥

kṛṣṇa-līlā-maṇḍala, śuddha śaṅkha-kuṇḍala,

gaḍiyāche śuka kārikara

sei kuṇḍala kāṇe pari’, tṛṣṇā-lāu-thālī dhari’,

āśā-jhuli kāndhera upara

Translation

“The ring of Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa-līlā, manufactured by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the most auspicious craftsman, is as pure as an earring made from a conchshell. The yogī of My mind is wearing that earring upon his ear. From a gourd he has carved out the bowl of My aspirations, and he has taken the bag of My expectations on his shoulder.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Longing becomes the mind’s begging equipment

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa-līlā is compared to a pure conchshell earring, fashioned by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the most auspicious craftsman.

  2. 2

    The yogī of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mind wears this earring upon his ear.

  3. 3

    His aspirations become a bowl carved from a gourd, and His expectations become a bag carried on the yogī’s shoulder.

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:

When He could no longer see Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu compared Himself to a yogī and described how that yogī was seeing Vṛndāvana. Sometimes all the transcendental ecstatic symptoms were manifest in Him.
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. kṛṣṇa-līlā-maṇḍalathe ring of the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
  2. śuddhapure
  3. śaṅkha-kuṇḍalaan earring of conchshell
  4. gaḍiyāchehas manufactured
  5. śukaŚukadeva Gosvāmī
  6. kārikaracraftsman
  7. sei kuṇḍalathat earring
  8. kāṇe pari’putting on the ear
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rāsa-līlā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the bowl of aspirations and bag of expectations suggest about this longing?

Practice

Write down the three images—earring, bowl, and bag—and what each represents.

Live this todayLonging becomes the mind’s begging equipmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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