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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.31
উন্মাদ-প্রলাপ-চেষ্টা করে রাত্রি-দিনে ।
রাধা-ভাবাবেশে বিরহ বাড়ে অনুক্ষণে ॥ ৩১ ॥
unmāda-pralāpa-ceṣṭā kare rātri-dine
rādhā-bhāvāveśe viraha bāḍe anukṣaṇe
As His feelings of separation in the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī increased at every moment, the Lord’s activities, both day and night, were now wild, insane performances.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord experiences feelings of separation in the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
These feelings increase at every moment.
His activities, both day and night, become wild, insane performances. The verse places these extraordinary activities in the context of His increasing ecstatic separation.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read it, His ecstasy was so great that all the devotees feared that the Lord would very soon pass away. The Lord’s condition was so serious that at night He would bruise and bloody His face by rubbing it against the walls.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the mention of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstasy help me understand the context of the Lord’s activities?
Read the verse slowly, paying attention to how it connects the Lord’s outward activities with His feelings of separation.
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