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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 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 15.67Antya 15.69

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.68

লীলামৃত-বরিষণে, সিঞ্চে চৌদ্দ ভুবনে, হেন মেঘ যবে দেখা দিল ।

দুর্দৈব-ঝঞ্ঝাপবনে, মেঘে নিল অন্যস্থানে, মরে চাতক, পিতে না পাইল ॥ ৬৮ ॥

līlāmṛta-variṣaṇe, siñce caudda bhuvane,

hena megha yabe dekhā dila

durdaiva-jhañjhā-pavane, meghe nila anya-sthāne,

mare cātaka, pite nā pāila

Translation

“The cloud of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes is drenching the fourteen worlds with a shower of nectar. Unfortunately, when that cloud appeared, a whirlwind arose and blew it away from Me. Being unable to see the cloud, the cātaka bird of My eyes is almost dead from thirst.”

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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.

Separation Deepens the Thirst for Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The cloud of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes drenches the fourteen worlds with a shower of nectar.

  2. 2

    The speaker describes a whirlwind that blew this cloud away from Him after it appeared.

  3. 3

    Unable to see Kṛṣṇa, He compares His eyes to a cātaka bird almost dead from thirst.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. līlāof the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
  2. amṛtaof nectar
  3. variṣaṇethe shower
  4. siñcedrenches
  5. caudda bhuvanethe fourteen worlds
  6. hena meghasuch a cloud
  7. yabewhen
  8. dekhā dilawas visible
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What contrast do you notice between the shower of nectar and the speaker’s thirst?

Practice

Write one sentence describing how the cloud and thirsty bird express the pain of not seeing Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySeparation Deepens the Thirst for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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