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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 14.47 Antya 14.49

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.48

বৃন্দাবনে প্রজাগণ, যত স্থাবর-জঙ্গম, বৃক্ষ-লতা গৃহস্থ-আশ্রমে ।

তার ঘরে ভিক্ষাটন, ফল-মূল-পত্রাশন, এই বৃত্তি করে শিষ্যসনে ॥ ৪৮ ॥

vṛndāvane prajā-gaṇa, yata sthāvara-jaṅgama,

vṛkṣa-latā gṛhastha-āśrame

tāra ghare bhikṣāṭana, phala-mūla-patrāśana,

ei vṛtti kare śiṣya-sane

Translation

“In Vṛndāvana, he goes from door to door begging alms with all his disciples. He begs from both the moving and the inert inhabitants — the citizens, the trees and the creepers. In this way he lives on fruits, roots and leaves.

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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.

The mind begs throughout Vṛndāvana

1
In Vṛndāvana, the yogī of His mind goes from door to door begging alms with all his disciples.
2
He begs from both moving and inert inhabitants: the citizens, the trees, and the creepers.
3
He lives on fruits, roots, and leaves. This continues the metaphor of His mind wandering in Vṛndāvana with the senses as disciples.

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.

vṛndāvanein Vṛndāvana
prajā-gaṇathe citizens
yataall
sthāvara-jaṅgamanonmoving and moving
vṛkṣa-latāthe trees and creepers
gṛhastha-āśramein household life
tāra ghareat his house
bhikṣā-aṭanabegging from door to door

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What impression does this picture of the mind begging throughout Vṛndāvana leave with you?

Practice

Read the verse slowly and picture the mind-yogī and his disciples approaching the citizens, trees, and creepers.

Live this todayThe mind begs throughout VṛndāvanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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