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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.113
“সেই ত পরাণ-নাথ পাইনু ।
যাহা লাগি’ মদন-দহনে ঝুরি’ গেনু ॥” ১১৩ ॥ ধ্রু ॥
“ ‘sei ta parāṇa-nātha pāinu
yāhā lāgi’ madana-dahane jhuri’ genu’ ”
“ ‘Now I have gained the Lord of My life, in the absence of whom I was being burned by Cupid and was withering away.’”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This song refers to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s meeting with Kṛṣṇa at Kurukṣetra during a solar eclipse. Kṛṣṇa had come there with His brother and sister.
On meeting Kṛṣṇa, Rādhārāṇī remembered His intimate association in Vṛndāvana. The song expresses Her separation from Him.
In Kṛṣṇa’s absence, She had been burned by the arrow of Cupid and was withering away. Having gained the Lord of Her life again, She felt that Her life had returned.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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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: “absence”, “separation”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī’s”
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: “vṛndāvana”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Rādhārāṇī’s expression “the Lord of My life” reveal about Her love for Kṛṣṇa?
Read the song slowly today, pausing to reflect on Rādhārāṇī’s words, “Now I have My life again.”
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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