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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 14.64Antya 14.67

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 14.65-66

এক এক হস্ত-পাদ — দীর্ঘ তিন তিন-হাত ।

অস্থিগ্রন্থি ভিন্ন, চর্ম আছে মাত্র তাত ॥ ৬৫ ॥

eka eka hasta-pāda — dīrgha tina tina-hāta

asthi-granthi bhinna, carma āche mātra tāta

Translation

Each of His arms and legs had become three cubits long; only skin connected the separated joints. The Lord’s body temperature, indicating life, was very low. All the joints in His arms, legs, neck and waist were separated by at least six inches.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Extraordinary Bodily Condition

  1. 1

    Each of the Lord’s arms and legs had become three cubits long. Only skin connected the separated joints.

  2. 2

    His body temperature, indicating life, was very low.

  3. 3

    The joints in His arms, legs, neck and waist were separated by at least six inches. The following verses describe the devotees’ distress on seeing Him.

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:

His body had become unusually long, and the joints of His bones were loose. The devotees gradually brought Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu back to His senses by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and then they took Him back to His residence.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eka ekaeach one
  2. hasta-pādaarms and legs
  3. dīrghaprolonged
  4. tina tina-hātathree cubits
  5. asthi-granthijoints of the bones
  6. bhinnaseparated
  7. carmaskin
  8. āchethere is
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Key ideas in this 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: “separated”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What details help you understand why the devotees were so distressed?

Practice

Read the description slowly, then note one detail that helps you understand the devotees’ concern.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Extraordinary Bodily ConditionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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