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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 15.31 Antya 15.33

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.32

চূতপ্রিয়াল-পনসাসনকোবিদার- জম্ব্বর্কবিল্ববকুলাম্রকদম্বনীপাঃ ।

যেঽন্যে পরার্থভবকা যমুনোপকূলাঃ শংসন্তু কৃষ্ণপদবীং রহিতাত্মনাং নঃ ॥ ৩২ ॥

cūta-priyāla-panasāsana-kovidāra-

jambv-arka-bilva-bakulāmra-kadamba-nīpāḥ

ye ’nye parārtha-bhavakā yamunopakūlāḥ

śaṁsantu kṛṣṇa-padavīṁ rahitātmanāṁ naḥ

Translation

“[The gopīs said:] ‘O cūta tree, priyāla tree, panasa, āsana and kovidāra! O jambu tree, O arka tree, O bel, bakula and mango! O kadamba tree, O nīpa tree and all other trees living on the bank of the Yamunā for the welfare of others, please let us know where Kṛṣṇa has gone. We have lost our minds and are almost dead.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Gopīs Plead for News of Kṛṣṇa

1
The gopīs addressed many kinds of trees, asking them where Kṛṣṇa had gone.
2
They described the trees on the bank of the Yamunā as living for the welfare of others.
3
Their plea expressed intense distress: they said they had lost their minds and were almost dead.

How it feels

Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.

The mood of Antya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

On the night of the rāsa dance, the gopīs, bereaved by Kṛṣṇa’s absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu adopted the same transcendental thoughts as those of the gopīs and was filled with ecstatic emotion.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

cūtaO cūta tree (a kind of mango tree)
priyālaO priyāla tree
panasaO jackfruit tree
āsanaO āsana tree
kovidāraO kovidāra tree
jambuO jambu tree
arkaO arka tree
bilvaO bel fruit tree

Key ideas in this verse

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: “gopīs”, “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the gopīs’ appeal reveal about their longing to find Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the gopīs’ request slowly, pausing at “please let us know where Kṛṣṇa has gone.”

Live this todayThe Gopīs Plead for News of KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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