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  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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa
Antya 14.55Antya 14.57

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.56

স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি করে কৃষ্ণলীলা গান ।

দুই জনে কিছু কৈলা প্রভুর বাহ্য জ্ঞান ॥ ৫৬ ॥

svarūpa-gosāñi kare kṛṣṇa-līlā gāna

dui jane kichu kailā prabhura bāhya jñāna

Translation

Rāmānanda Rāya recited verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī sang of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. In this way, they brought Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to external consciousness.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recitation and Song Restore External Consciousness

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya recited verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

  2. 2

    Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī sang of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

  3. 3

    Through this recitation and singing, they brought Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to external consciousness.

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 soon as He perceived this woman, however, His external consciousness immediately returned, and He saw Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā. Caitanya Mahāprabhu also saw Kṛṣṇa in a dream, and He was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svarūpa-gosāñiSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi
  2. karedoes
  3. kṛṣṇa-līlāof the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
  4. gānasinging
  5. dui janeboth of them
  6. kichusome
  7. kailārevived
  8. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. bāhya jñānaexternal consciousness
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How did Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī each contribute to helping Him?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today reading a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or listening to a song about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

Live this todayRecitation and Song Restore External ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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