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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.52
কৃষ্ণের বিয়োগে গোপীর দশ দশা হয় ।
সেই দশ দশা হয় প্রভুর উদয় ॥ ৫২ ॥
kṛṣṇera viyoge gopīra daśa daśā haya
sei daśa daśā haya prabhura udaya
When the gopīs felt separation from Kṛṣṇa, they experienced ten kinds of bodily transformations. These same symptoms appeared in the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The gopīs experienced ten kinds of bodily transformations when they felt separation from Kṛṣṇa.
These same symptoms appeared in the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The verse connects His bodily symptoms with the gopīs’ experience of separation from Kṛṣṇa.
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
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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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”
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: “gopīs”
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How does this comparison help you understand Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s condition?
Reread the verse and note the shared cause of these bodily transformations: separation from Kṛṣṇa.
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