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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 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 17.51 Antya 17.53

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.52

“এই কৃষ্ণের বিরহে, উদ্বেগে মন স্থির নহে, প্রাপ্ত্যুপায়-চিন্তন না যায় ।

যেবা তুমি সখীগণ, বিষাদে বাউল মন, কারে পুছোঁ, কে কহে উপায় ? ৫২ ।। ॥ ৫২ ॥

“ei kṛṣṇera virahe, udvege mana sthira nahe,

prāpty-upāya-cintana nā yāya

yebā tumi sakhī-gaṇa, viṣāde bāula mana,

kāre puchoṅ, ke kahe upāya?

Translation

“The anxiety caused by separation from Kṛṣṇa has made Me impatient, and I can think of no way to meet Him. O My friends, you are also deranged by lamentation. Who, therefore, will tell Me how to find Him?

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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.

Separation Brings an Urgent Appeal

1
Speaking in this mood, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the impatience caused by separation from Kṛṣṇa.
2
He can think of no way to meet Kṛṣṇa and turns to His friends.
3
His friends are also overwhelmed by lamentation, so He asks who can tell Him how to find Kṛṣṇa.

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

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.

eithis
kṛṣṇeraof Kṛṣṇa
virahein separation
udvegein anxiety
manamind
sthirapatient
naheis not
prāpti-upāyathe means for obtaining

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: “separation”, “lamentation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the shared lamentation of the speaker and the friends?

Practice

Reread the appeal to the friends, paying attention to their shared longing for Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySeparation Brings an Urgent AppealThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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