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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 19.51Antya 19.53

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.52

কৃষ্ণে কেনে করি রোষ, আপন দুর্দৈব-দোষ, পাকিল মোর এই পাপফল ।

যে কৃষ্ণ — মোর প্রেমাধীন, তারে কৈল উদাসীন, এই মোর অভাগ্য প্রবল ।।” ৫২ ।। ॥ ৫২ ॥

kṛṣṇe kene kari roṣa, āpana durdaiva-doṣa,

pākila mora ei pāpa-phala

ye kṛṣṇa — mora premādhīna, tāre kaila udāsīna,

ei mora abhāgya prabala”

Translation

“Yet why should I be angry with Kṛṣṇa? It is the fault of My own misfortune. The fruit of My sinful activities has ripened, and therefore Kṛṣṇa, who has always been dependent on My love, is now indifferent. This means that My misfortune is very strong.”

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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.

Lament Turns From Anger to Misfortune

  1. 1

    The speaker questions the anger directed toward Kṛṣṇa and instead blames personal misfortune.

  2. 2

    Within this lament, Kṛṣṇa’s apparent indifference is attributed to the ripened fruit of the speaker’s sinful activities.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa has always been dependent on this love. His apparent indifference now makes the speaker’s misfortune seem very strong.

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:

This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇeunto Kṛṣṇa
  2. kenewhy
  3. kari roṣaI am angry
  4. āpanaof My own
  5. durdaivaof misfortune
  6. doṣafault
  7. pākilahas ripened
  8. moraMy
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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: “love”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “dependent”

  • 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: “lament”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice in the movement from blaming Kṛṣṇa to blaming personal misfortune?

Practice

Read the first and last sentences together, noting how the lament turns inward.

Live this todayLament Turns From Anger to MisfortuneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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