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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.53
চিন্তাত্র জাগরোদ্বেগৌ তানবং মলিনাঙ্গতা ।
প্রলাপো ব্যাধিরুন্মাদো মোহো মৃত্যুর্দশা দশ ॥ ৫৩ ॥
cintātra jāgarodvegau
tānavaṁ malināṅgatā
pralāpo vyādhir unmādo
moho mṛtyur daśā daśa
“The ten bodily transformations resulting from separation from Kṛṣṇa are anxiety, wakefulness, mental agitation, thinness, uncleanliness, talking like a madman, disease, madness, illusion and death.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The first five transformations listed are anxiety, wakefulness, mental agitation, thinness and uncleanliness.
The remaining five are talking like a madman, disease, madness, illusion and death. The verse identifies all ten as resulting from separation from Kṛṣṇa.
The purport identifies this verse as part of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s description of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s traits in Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi, where he explains these symptoms elaborately.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa resulted in highly elevated transcendental madness. When He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
Learn the words of the 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”, “madness”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī’s”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the devotional context shape your reading of this difficult list?
Read the ten transformations once, keeping their stated cause—separation from Kṛṣṇa—in mind.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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