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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 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 17.41Antya 17.43

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.42

কহ, সখি, কি করি উপায় ? কৃষ্ণের সে শব্দ-গুণে, হরিলে আমার কাণে, এবে না পায়, তৃষ্ণায় মরি’ যায় ।। ৪২ ।। ধ্রু ।। ॥ ৪২ ॥

kaha, sakhi, ki kari upāya?

kṛṣṇera se śabda-guṇe, harile āmāra kāṇe,

ebe nā pāya, tṛṣṇāya mari’ yāya

Translation

“My dear friend, please tell Me what to do. My ears have been plundered by the qualities of Kṛṣṇa’s sound. Now, however, I cannot hear His transcendental sound, and I am almost dead for want of it.

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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.

Longing to Hear Kṛṣṇa Again

  1. 1

    The speaker asks a dear friend for help, not knowing what to do.

  2. 2

    The qualities of Kṛṣṇa’s sound have plundered the speaker’s ears, taking complete possession of their attention.

  3. 3

    Now that His transcendental sound cannot be heard, the speaker feels almost dead from longing for it.

How it feels

Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.

The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kahaplease say
  2. sakhiMy dear friend
  3. kiwhat
  4. karican I do
  5. upāyameans
  6. kṛṣṇeraof Kṛṣṇa
  7. sethat
  8. śabdaof the sound
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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: “longing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this appeal to a friend reveal about the intensity of longing for Kṛṣṇa’s sound?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the words, “My ears have been plundered by the qualities of Kṛṣṇa’s sound.”

Live this todayLonging to Hear Kṛṣṇa AgainThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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