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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 14.72Antya 14.74

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.73

ক্বচিন্মিশ্রাবাসে ব্রজপতিসুতস্যোরুবিরহাৎ শ্লথচ্ছ্রীসন্ধিত্বাদ্দধদধিকদৈর্ঘ্যং ভুজপদোঃ ।

লুঠন্ ভূমৌ কাক্বা বিকলবিকলং গদ্গদবচা রুদন্ শ্রীগৌরাঙ্গো হৃদয় উদয়ন্মাং মদয়তি ॥ ৭৩ ॥

kvacin miśrāvāse vraja-pati-sutasyoru-virahāt

ślathac chrī-sandhitvād dadhad-adhika-dairghyaṁ bhuja-padoḥ

luṭhan bhūmau kākvā vikala-vikalaṁ gadgada-vacā

rudan śrī-gaurāṅgo hṛdaya udayan māṁ madayati

Translation

“In the house of Kāśī Miśra, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would sometimes be greatly aggrieved, feeling separation from Kṛṣṇa. The joints of His transcendental body would slacken, and His arms and legs would become elongated. Rolling on the ground, the Lord would cry out in distress in a faltering voice and weep very sorrowfully. The appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, awakening in my heart, maddens me.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Sorrow in Separation from Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    In the house of Kāśī Miśra, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would sometimes feel great distress in separation from Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    The joints of His transcendental body would slacken, and His arms and legs would become elongated. Rolling on the ground, He would cry out in a faltering voice and weep sorrowfully.

  3. 3

    The speaker says that the Lord’s appearance, awakening in his heart, maddens him. The purport identifies this passage as Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa 4.

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. kvacitsometimes
  2. miśra-āvāsein the house of Kāśī Miśra
  3. vraja-pati-sutasyafrom the son of Nanda Mahārāja
  4. uru-virahātbecause of strong feelings of separation
  5. ślathatbeing slackened
  6. śrī-sandhitvātfrom the joints of His transcendental body
  7. dadhatobtaining
  8. adhika-dairghyamextraordinary length
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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: “separation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which detail most helps you appreciate the intensity of the Lord’s separation from Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the verse slowly and spend a quiet moment remembering its description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Sorrow in Separation from KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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