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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Madhya 11.62 Madhya 11.64

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.63

গোপীভাবে বিরহে প্রভু ব্যাকুল হঞা ।

আলালনাথে গেলা প্রভু সবারে ছাড়িয়া ॥ ৬৩ ॥

gopī-bhāve virahe prabhu vyākula hañā

ālālanāthe gelā prabhu sabāre chāḍiyā

Translation

Due to separation from Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt the same great anxiety the gopīs feel in separation from Kṛṣṇa. In this condition He gave up all association and went to Ālālanātha.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Deep Anxiety in Separation from Lord Jagannātha

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great anxiety in separation from Lord Jagannātha.
2
His anxiety was the same as that felt by the gopīs in separation from Kṛṣṇa.
3
In this condition, He gave up all association and went to Ālālanātha.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

During Anavasara, while Lord Jagannātha was resting for fifteen days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannātha, went to Ālālanātha. Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

gopī-bhāvein the mood of the gopīs
virahein separation
prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
vyākulaagitated
hañābeing
ālālanātheto Ālālanātha
gelāwent
prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
sabāreall
chāḍiyāhaving given up

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this description reveal to me about the depth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s feelings?

Practice

Reread the comparison with the gopīs and quietly reflect on the depth of their separation from Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayDeep Anxiety in Separation from Lord JagannāthaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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