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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.63

প্রভু কহেন, — “উদ্বেগে ঘরে না পারি রহিতে ।

দ্বার চাহি’ বুলি’ শীঘ্র বাহির হইতে ॥ ৬৩ ॥

prabhu kahena, — “udvege ghare nā pāri rahite

dvāra cāhi’ buli’ śīghra bāhira ha-ite

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “I was in such anxiety that I could not stay in the room. I wanted to go out, and therefore I wandered about the room, looking for the door.

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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.

The Lord Explains His Search

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained that His anxiety was so great He could not stay in the room.

  2. 2

    He wanted to go outside.

  3. 3

    He wandered about the room looking for the door. His words explain the movements His companions had witnessed.

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:

To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kahenaŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied
  2. udvegeout of great agitation
  3. gharewithin the room
  4. nā pāriI was not able
  5. rahiteto stay
  6. dvāra cāhi’looking for the door
  7. buli’wandering
  8. śīghraquickly
  9. bāhira ha-iteto get out
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does hearing the Lord’s own explanation change your understanding of what happened?

Practice

Let someone finish explaining their experience today before drawing a conclusion.

Live this todayThe Lord Explains His SearchThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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