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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
Madhya 13.139Madhya 13.141

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.140

চিত্ত কাঢ়ি’ তোমা হৈতে,     বিষয়ে চাহি লাগাইতে,

যত্ন করি, নারি কাঢ়িবারে ।

তারে ধ্যান শিক্ষা করাহ,     লোক হাসাঞা মার,

স্থানাস্থান না কর বিচারে ॥ ১৪০ ॥

citta kāḍhi’ tomā haite, viṣaye cāhi lāgāite,

yatna kari, nāri kāḍhibāre

tāre dhyāna śikṣā karāha, loka hāsāñā māra,

sthānāsthāna nā kara vicāre

Translation

Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “I would like to withdraw My consciousness from You and engage it in material activities, but even though I try, I cannot do so. I am naturally inclined to You only. Your instructions for Me to meditate on You are therefore simply ludicrous. In this way, You are killing Me. It is not very good for You to think of Me as a candidate for Your instructions.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Naturally Unable to Forget Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes a consciousness that cannot turn away from Kṛṣṇa, even when trying to engage in material activities.

  2. 2

    The attraction expressed here is natural and directed toward Kṛṣṇa alone. An instruction to begin meditating on Him therefore does not fit this condition.

  3. 3

    Being treated as a candidate for such instruction causes deep pain. The speaker is already unable to stop thinking of Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions. With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. citta kāḍhi’withdrawing the consciousness
  2. tomā haitefrom You
  3. viṣayein mundane subject matters
  4. cāhiI want
  5. lāgāiteto engage
  6. yatna kariI endeavor
  7. nāri kāḍhibāreI cannot withdraw
  8. tāreto such a servant
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this inability to forget Kṛṣṇa reveal about the depth of the attachment expressed here?

Practice

Reread the words “I am naturally inclined to You only,” and spend a minute reflecting on their meaning.

Live this todayNaturally Unable to Forget KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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