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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.87
এই শ্লোক পড়ি’ প্রভু চলেন বায়ুবেগে ।
গোবিন্দ ধাইল পাছে, নাহি পায় লাগে ॥ ৮৭ ॥
ei śloka paḍi’ prabhu calena vāyu-vege
govinda dhāila pāche, nāhi pāya lāge
Reciting this verse, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ran toward the sand dune as fast as the wind. Govinda ran after Him, but he could not approach Him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited the verse praising Govardhana Hill as He ran.
He ran toward the sand dune as fast as the wind.
Govinda ran after Him but could not approach Him. This detail conveys the extraordinary speed of the Lord’s movement.
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:
Once Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook a sand dune known as Caṭaka-parvata for Govardhana Hill. As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa.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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “govardhana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do the Lord’s recitation and swift movement reveal about this moment?
Reread the praise of Govardhana, then read this verse while keeping that praise in mind.
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