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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.38
রসান্তরাবেশে হইল বিয়োগ-স্ফুরণ ।
উদ্বেগ, বিষাদ, দৈন্যে করে প্রলপন ॥ ৩৮ ॥
rasāntarāveśe ha-ila viyoga-sphuraṇa
udvega, viṣāda, dainye kare pralapana
Separation from Kṛṣṇa awoke various mellows of distress, lamentation and humility. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke like a crazy man.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Separation from Kṛṣṇa awoke various devotional feelings in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
These feelings included distress, lamentation and humility.
Their intensity caused Him to speak like a crazy man; His words arose from separation from Kṛṣṇa.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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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”, “lamentation”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mellows”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the humility within this distress help you notice about longing for Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the humility expressed in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s separation from Kṛṣṇa.
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