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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 19.45Antya 19.47

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.46

“না জানিস্ প্রেম-মর্ম, ব্যর্থ করিস্ পরিশ্রম, তোর চেষ্টা — বালক-সমান ।

‘তোর যদি লাগ্ পাইয়ে, তবে তোরে শিক্ষা দিয়ে, এমন যেন না করিস্ বিধান ॥ ৪৬ ॥

“nā jānis prema-marma, vyartha karis pariśrama,

tora ceṣṭā — bālaka-samāna

tora yadi lāg pāiye, tabe tore śikṣā diye,

emana yena nā karis vidhāna

Translation

“Providence, you do not know the purport of loving affairs, and therefore you baffle all Our endeavors. This is very childish of you. If We could catch you, We would give you such a lesson that you would never again make such arrangements.

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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.

Love Protests Providence’s Arrangements

  1. 1

    Providence is accused of not understanding the meaning of loving affairs. Its arrangements frustrate the lovers’ endeavors.

  2. 2

    The speaker calls this interference childish. The complaint continues the lament over being separated from Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    The wish to catch Providence and teach it a lesson expresses forceful protest. The desired result is that such painful arrangements never happen again.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nā jānisyou do not know
  2. prema-marmathe purport of loving affairs
  3. vyartha karisyou baffle
  4. pariśramaall labor
  5. tora ceṣṭāyour activities
  6. bālaka-samānalike the childish activities of a boy
  7. tora yadi lāg pāiyeif I get the opportunity to meet you
  8. tabethen
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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: “separated”, “lament”

  • 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: “lovers’”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What longing lies beneath these angry words toward Providence?

Practice

Reread the complaint and write one sentence describing the longing beneath it.

Live this todayLove Protests Providence’s ArrangementsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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