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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.23
‘কৃষ্ণ না পাইনু, না পাইনু ‘মথুরা’ ।
আপন-দুঃখে মরোঁ — এই দিতে আইল জ্বালা ॥ ২৩ ॥
kṛṣṇa nā pāinu, nā pāinu ‘mathurā’
āpana-duḥkhe maroṅ — ei dite āila jvālā
“O my Lord Kṛṣṇa, I could not reach You, nor could I reach Your abode, Mathurā. I am dying in my unhappiness, and now this rascal has come to give me more pain.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mādhavendra Purī addressed Lord Kṛṣṇa, lamenting that he had not reached Him.
He also longed to reach Kṛṣṇa’s abode, Mathurā. In context, this unhappiness expressed spiritual separation, not material lamentation.
Rāmacandra Purī’s instruction brought him more pain rather than comfort.
Discomfort and vigilance. Fault-finding disrupts devotional life, exposing the emotional cost of criticism.
The mood of Antya 8 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:
This chapter describes the history of the Lord’s dealings with Rāmacandra Purī. Although Rāmacandra Purī was one of the disciples of Mādhavendra Purī, he was influenced by dry Māyāvādīs, and therefore he criticized Mādhavendra Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
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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”, “lamenting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Could my advice add pain because I have not understood someone’s deepest concern?
When someone shares a difficulty today, listen without immediately trying to correct their feelings.
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