1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.61
চিন্তিত হইল সবে প্রভুরে না দেখিয়া ।
প্রভু চাহি’ বুলে সবে দেউটী জ্বালিয়া ॥ ৬১ ॥
cintita ha-ila sabe prabhure nā dekhiyā
prabhu cāhi’ bule sabe deuṭī jvāliyā
All the devotees were very anxious when they saw that the Lord was not in His room. They wandered about searching for Him with a warning lamp.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the devotees were very anxious when they saw that the Lord was not in His room.
Their anxiety led them to search for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They wandered about with a warning lamp as they looked for Him.
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:
One night, Govinda and Svarūpa Dāmodara noticed that although the three doors to the Lord’s room were closed and locked, the Lord was not present inside. Seeing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara and the other devotees went outside and saw the Lord lying unconscious by the gate known as Siṁha-dvāra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How did the devotees turn their concern into action?
Turn one concern for someone today into a small, practical act of help.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Antya 14.61? Get an answer from the verses themselves.