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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 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.21

বাউলকে কহিহ, — কাযে নাহিক আউল ।

বাউলকে কহিহ, — ইহা কহিয়াছে বাউল ।।” ২১ ॥ ২১ ॥

bāulake kahiha, — kāye nāhika āula

bāulake kahiha, — ihā kahiyāche bāula”

Translation

“Further tell Him that those now mad in ecstatic love are no longer interested in the material world. Also tell Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that one who has also become a madman in ecstatic love [Advaita Prabhu] has spoken these words.”

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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 Changes Our Interests

  1. 1

    Those now mad in ecstatic love were no longer interested in the material world.

  2. 2

    Advaita Prabhu asked that this change be reported to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    He also described Himself as one who had become a madman in ecstatic love.

How it feels

Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.

The mood of Antya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

After one such visit, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita returned to Purī with a sonnet that Advaita Ācārya had written. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read it, His ecstasy was so great that all the devotees feared that the Lord would very soon pass away.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bāulake kahihaagain inform the bāula, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. kāyein business
  3. nāhikathere is not
  4. āulapersons who have become mad in ecstatic love
  5. bāulake kahihaagain inform the bāula, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. ihāthis
  7. kahiyāchehas spoken
  8. bāulaanother madman, Śrī Advaita Prabhu Himself
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

What contrast do you notice between ecstatic love and interest in the material world?

Practice

Set aside one optional worldly distraction today and spend that time reflecting on this verse.

Live this todayEcstatic Love Changes Our InterestsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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