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  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 20.38Antya 20.40

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.39

যুগায়িতং নিমেষেণ চক্ষুষা প্রাবৃষায়িতম্ ।

শূন্যায়িতং জগৎ সর্বং গোবিন্দ-বিরহেণ মে ॥ ৩৯ ॥

yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa

cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam

śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ

govinda-viraheṇa me

Translation

“ ‘My Lord Govinda, because of separation from You, I consider even a moment a great millennium. Tears flow from My eyes like torrents of rain, and I see the entire world as void.’

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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.

Without Govinda, the World Seems Empty

  1. 1

    Addressing Lord Govinda, the speaker describes the pain of separation from Him.

  2. 2

    Even a moment seems like a great millennium, and tears flow like torrents of rain.

  3. 3

    The entire world appears void because of separation from the Lord.

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:

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yugāyitamappearing like a great millennium
  2. nimeṣeṇaby a moment
  3. cakṣuṣāfrom the eyes
  4. prāvṛṣāyitamtears falling like torrents of rain
  5. śūnyāyitamappearing void
  6. jagatthe world
  7. sarvamall
  8. govindafrom Lord Govinda, Kṛṣṇa
  9. viraheṇa meby My separation
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Why this verse matters

    The seventh prayer: the intense experience of separation.

  • 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the world’s seeming emptiness reveal about Govinda’s place in this prayer?

Practice

Read the prayer once slowly, pausing at the words “My Lord Govinda.”

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 7 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 7 lectures

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayWithout Govinda, the World Seems EmptyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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