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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.122
অনবসরে জগন্নাথের না পাঞা দরশন ।
বিরহে আলালনাথ করিলা গমন ॥ ১২২ ॥
anavasare jagannāthera nā pāñā daraśana
virahe ālālanātha karilā gamana
When Jagannātha was absent from the temple, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who could not see Him, felt separation and left Jagannātha Purī to go to a place known as Ālālanātha.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
When Jagannātha was absent from the temple, Caitanya Mahāprabhu could not see Him and felt separation. He left Jagannātha Purī for Ālālanātha.
Ālālanātha is also known as Brahmagiri. It is about fourteen miles from Jagannātha Purī and is also on the beach.
There is a temple of Jagannātha at Ālālanātha. The purport notes that so many people visit that a police station and post office are situated there.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
Learn the words of the 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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Mahāprabhu’s feeling of separation reveal about how much He longed to see Jagannātha?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on Mahāprabhu’s longing to see Jagannātha.
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