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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.51

মন কৃষ্ণবিয়োগী, দুঃখে মন হৈল যোগী, সে বিয়োগে দশ দশা হয় ।

সে দশায় ব্যাকুল হঞা, মন গেল পলাঞা, শূন্য মোর শরীর আলয় ।।” ৫১ ।। ॥ ৫১ ॥

mana kṛṣṇa-viyogī, duḥkhe mana haila yogī,

se viyoge daśa daśā haya

se daśāya vyākula hañā, mana gela palāñā,

śūnya mora śarīra ālaya”

Translation

“When My mind lost the association of Kṛṣṇa and could no longer see Him, he became depressed and took up mystic yoga. In the void of separation from Kṛṣṇa, he experienced ten transcendental transformations. Agitated by these transformations, My mind fled, leaving My body, his place of residence, empty. Thus I am completely in trance.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understand the Comparison Without Imitating It

  1. 1

    Separated from Kṛṣṇa, His mind experiences ten transcendental transformations. He describes His mind as fleeing its bodily residence, leaving Him completely in trance.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that only an outward comparison is made with the activities of kāpālika mendicants, not with their actual life.

  3. 3

    The kāpālika mendicants are tantric materialists, not Vaiṣṇavas, and have nothing to do with spiritual life. Their behavior should never be imitated.

Key points from the purport
  • In this verse, the outward activities of the kāpālika mendicants have been described, but not their actual life.
  • They are not Vaiṣṇavas and have nothing to do with spiritual life; therefore they are untouchable.
  • Only an outward comparison has been made between the mind and their activities, but their behavior should never be imitated.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa. At that time all the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra to pacify 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. manathe mind
  2. kṛṣṇa-viyogībereft of Kṛṣṇa’s association
  3. duḥkhein unhappiness
  4. manathe mind
  5. hailabecame
  6. yogīa mystic yogī
  7. se viyogeby that feeling of separation
  8. daśaten
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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: “separation”, “separated”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “association”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why is it important to distinguish an outward comparison from behavior to follow?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining why the comparison with kāpālika mendicants is not an instruction to imitate them.

Live this todayUnderstand the Comparison Without Imitating ItThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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