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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.54
এই দশ-দশায় প্রভু ব্যাকুল রাত্রিদিনে ।
কভু কোন দশা উঠে, স্থির নহে মনে ॥ ৫৪ ॥
ei daśa-daśāya prabhu vyākula rātri-dine
kabhu kona daśā uṭhe, sthira nahe mane
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed night and day by these ten ecstatic conditions. Whenever such symptoms arose, His mind became unsteady.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed by the ten ecstatic conditions.
These conditions affected Him night and day, showing how continually He experienced separation from Kṛṣṇa.
Whenever the symptoms arose, His mind became unsteady.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu also saw Kṛṣṇa in a dream, and He was overwhelmed with ecstatic love. When He could no longer see Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu compared Himself to a yogī and described how that yogī was seeing Vṛndāvana.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”
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What does the phrase “night and day” reveal about the intensity of His experience?
Pause over the words “night and day” and reflect briefly on the depth of His separation from Kṛṣṇa.
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