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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 14.44 Antya 14.46

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.45

চিন্তা-কান্থা উঢ়ি গায়, ধূলি-বিভূতি-মলিন-কায়, ‘হাহা কৃষ্ণ’ প্রলাপ-উত্তর ।

উদ্বেগ দ্বাদশ হাতে, লোভের ঝুলনি মাথে, ভিক্ষাভাবে ক্ষীণ কলেবর ॥ ৪৫ ॥

cintā-kānthā uḍi gāya, dhūli-vibhūti-malina-kāya,

‘hāhā kṛṣṇa’ pralāpa-uttara

udvega dvādaśa hāte, lobhera jhulani māthe,

bhikṣābhāve kṣīṇa kalevara

Translation

“The yogī of My mind wears the torn quilt of anxiety on his dirty body, which is covered with dust and ashes. His only words are ‘Alas! Kṛṣṇa!’ He wears twelve bangles of distress on his wrist and a turban of greed on his head. Because he has not eaten anything, he is very thin.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Separation clothes the mind in distress

1
The yogī of His mind wears anxiety as a torn quilt, while his dirty body is covered with dust and ashes.
2
His only words are “Alas! Kṛṣṇa!” He wears twelve bangles of distress and a turban of greed.
3
The yogī is very thin because he has not eaten. These details continue the metaphor describing the mind’s intense longing for Kṛṣṇa.

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 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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

cintāof anxiety
kānthāthe torn quilt
uḍicovering
gāyaon the body
dhūlidust
vibhūtiashes
malina-kāyadirty body
hāhāalas

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: “longing”

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Live it

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Ask yourself

How do these images convey the distress of longing for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one image from the verse and write a sentence explaining the feeling it expresses.

Live this todaySeparation clothes the mind in distressThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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