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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 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
Antya 20.135Antya 20.137

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.136

ঊনবিংশে — ভিত্ত্যে প্রভুর মুখসংঘর্ষণ ।

কৃষ্ণের বিরহ-স্ফূর্তি-প্রলাপ-বর্ণন ॥ ১৩৬ ॥

ūnaviṁśe — bhittye prabhura mukha-saṅgharṣaṇa

kṛṣṇera viraha-sphūrti-pralāpa-varṇana

Translation

In the nineteenth chapter is a description of how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rubbed His face against the walls and spoke like a madman because of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Intense Separation from Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The nineteenth chapter describes Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s separation from Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Because of this separation, He rubbed His face against the walls.

  3. 3

    He also spoke like a madman. The translation presents both actions as expressions of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.

The mood of Antya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the Lord’s disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives a short description of the entire Antya-līlā and then ends his book.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ūnaviṁśein the nineteenth chapter
  2. bhittyeon the walls
  3. prabhura mukha-saṅgharṣaṇathe rubbing of the face of the Lord
  4. kṛṣṇera viraha-sphūrtithe awakening of separation from Kṛṣṇa
  5. pralāpa-varṇanaand talking like a crazy person
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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: “separation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description deepen my awareness of His intense separation from Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Pause over the words “because of separation from Kṛṣṇa” and reread the account with that cause in mind.

Live this todayIntense Separation from KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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