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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 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 15.44Antya 15.46

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.45

“কহ, মৃগি, রাধা-সহ শ্রীকৃষ্ণ সর্বথা ।

তোমায় সুখ দিতে আইলা? নাহিক অন্যথা ॥ ৪৫ ॥

“kaha, mṛgi, rādhā-saha śrī-kṛṣṇa sarvathā

tomāya sukha dite āilā? nāhika anyathā

Translation

“ ‘O dear doe, Śrī Kṛṣṇa is always very pleased to give you pleasure. Kindly inform us whether He passed this way in the company of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. We think They must certainly have come this way.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Asking About Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī

  1. 1

    The gopīs tell the doe that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is always very pleased to give her pleasure.

  2. 2

    They kindly ask whether He passed that way with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  3. 3

    They feel certain that the two must have come along this path. Their inquiry expresses both confidence and longing.

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

Further reading

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

When He saw the garden on the beach by the sea, He again thought that He was in Vṛndāvana, and when He began to think of Kṛṣṇa engaging in His different pastimes, transcendental emotions excited Him again. On the night of the rāsa dance, the gopīs, bereaved by Kṛṣṇa’s absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kahaplease say
  2. mṛgiO she-deer
  3. rādhā-sahawith Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  4. śrī-kṛṣṇaLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
  5. sarvathāin all respects
  6. tomāyato you
  7. sukha diteto give pleasure
  8. āilādid come
  9. nāhika anyathāit is certain
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “company 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: “longing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What warmth do you notice in the gopīs’ words to the doe?

Practice

Read the request aloud, giving careful attention to the words “dear doe” and “kindly inform us.”

Live this todayAsking About Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī RādhārāṇīThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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