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How to study this verse, in six steps

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 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 19.42 Antya 19.44

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.43

মোর সেই কলানিধি, প্রাণরক্ষা-মহৌষধি, সখি, মোর তেঁহো সুহৃত্তম ।

দেহ জীয়ে তাঁহা বিনে, ধিক্ এই জীবনে, বিধি করে এত বিড়ম্বন !” ৪৩ ।। ॥ ৪৩ ॥

mora sei kalā-nidhi, prāṇa-rakṣā-mahauṣadhi,

sakhi, mora teṅho suhṛttama

deha jīye tāṅhā vine, dhik ei jīvane,

vidhi kare eta viḍambana!”

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of art and culture, and He is the panacea that saves My life. O My dear friend, since I live without Him, who is the best among My friends, I condemn the duration of My life. I think that Providence has cheated Me in many ways.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Remedy That Sustains Life

1
Kṛṣṇa is described as the reservoir of art and culture. He is also the panacea, the remedy that saves the speaker’s life.
2
He is the best among the speaker’s friends. Living without Him brings such anguish that the duration of life is condemned.
3
The speaker feels cheated by Providence in many ways. These words express the depth of longing in separation from Kṛṣṇa.

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

Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

moraof Me
seithat
kalā-nidhireservoir of art and culture
prāṇa-rakṣā-mahā-auṣaudhithe panacea for saving My life
sakhiO My dear friend
moraMy
teṅhoHe
suhṛt-tamathe best of friends

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”, “longing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does calling Kṛṣṇa both the best friend and a life-saving remedy reveal about this love?

Practice

Write down one phrase from the verse that expresses how deeply Kṛṣṇa is cherished.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is the Remedy That Sustains LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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