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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 15.76Antya 15.78

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.77

এতেক বিলাপ করি’ প্রেমাবেশে গৌরহরি, এই অর্থে পড়ে এক শ্লোক ।

যেই শ্লোক পড়ি’ রাধা, বিশাখারে কহে বাধা, উঘাড়িয়া হৃদয়ের শোক ॥ ৭৭ ॥

eteka vilāpa kari’ premāveśe gaurahari,

ei arthe paḍe eka śloka

yei śloka paḍi’ rādhā, viśākhāre kahe bādhā,

ughāḍiyā hṛdayera śoka

Translation

Lamenting in ecstatic love, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then recited the following verse, which was spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī while exposing the lamentation of Her heart to Her friend Śrīmatī Viśākhā.

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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.

Ecstatic Love Speaks Through Lamentation

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu laments in ecstatic love and then recites a verse.

  2. 2

    That verse was spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to Her friend Śrīmatī Viśākhā.

  3. 3

    In speaking to Her friend, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī reveals the lamentation of Her heart.

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:

Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from the Gīta-govinda just suitable to the Lord’s emotions. Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on.
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. etekathus
  2. vilāpa kari’lamenting
  3. prema-āveśein ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa
  4. gaurahariŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. ei arthein understanding the purport
  6. paḍerecites
  7. eka ślokaone verse
  8. yei ślokawhich verse
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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: “lamenting”, “laments”

  • 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”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing who originally spoke these words shape your reading of the next verse?

Practice

Before reading the next verse, pause to remember that it expresses Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s heart to Her friend.

Live this todayEcstatic Love Speaks Through LamentationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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