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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
Antya 19.44Antya 19.46

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.45

অহো বিধাতস্তব ন ক্বচিদ্দয়া সংযোজ্য মৈত্র্যা প্রণয়েন দেহিনঃ ।

তাংশ্চাকৃতার্থান্ বিযুনঙক্ষ্যপার্থকং বিচেষ্টিতং তেঽর্ভকচেষ্টিতং যথা ॥ ৪৫ ॥

aho vidhātas tava na kvacid dayā

saṁyojya maitryā praṇayena dehinaḥ

tāṁś cākṛtārthān viyunaṅkṣy apārthakaṁ

viceṣṭitaṁ te ’rbhaka-ceṣṭitaṁ yathā

Translation

“ ‘O Providence, you have no mercy! You bring embodied souls together through friendship and affection, but before their desires are fulfilled, you separate them. Your activities are like the foolish pranks of children.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Gopīs Lament Separation After Affection

  1. 1

    The verse addresses Providence as merciless for bringing embodied souls together in friendship and affection, then separating them before their desires are fulfilled.

  2. 2

    The damsels of Vraja chanted this verse when Kṛṣṇa left Vṛndāvana for Mathurā with Akrūra and Balarāma.

  3. 3

    The gopīs lamented that Providence had allowed them to meet Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in affection and love, then separated them. They compared such actions to the foolish pranks of children.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse, quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.39.19), was chanted by the damsels of Vraja when Kṛṣṇa left Vṛndāvana for Mathurā with Akrūra and Balarāma.
  • The gopīs lamented that Providence had made it possible for them to meet Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in affection and love and had then separated them.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 19.45 quotesSB 10.39.19

This verse, quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.39.19), was chanted by the damsels of Vraja when Kṛṣṇa left Vṛndāvana for Mathurā with Akrūra and Balarāma.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ahoalas
  2. vidhātaḥO Providence
  3. tavayour
  4. nanot
  5. kvacitat any time
  6. dayāmercy
  7. saṁyojyamaking connections
  8. maitryāby friendship
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “vraja”, “gopīs”

  • 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: “separated”, “lamented”

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why does separation feel especially painful after a loving meeting?

Practice

Read the verse once with its setting in mind: the gopīs lamenting Kṛṣṇa’s departure.

Live this todayThe Gopīs Lament Separation After AffectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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