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  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 13.143Madhya 13.145

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.144

বিদগ্ধ, মৃদু, সদ্‌গুণ,     সুশীল, স্নিগ্ধ, করুণ,

তুমি, তোমার নাহি দোষাভাস ।

তবে যে তোমার মন,     নাহি স্মরে ব্রজজন,

সে — আমার দুর্দৈব-বিলাস ॥ ১৪৪ ॥

vidagdha, mṛdu, sad-guṇa, suśīla, snigdha, karuṇa,

tumi, tomāra nāhi doṣābhāsa

tabe ye tomāra mana, nāhi smare vraja-jana,

se — āmāra durdaiva-vilāsa

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa, You are certainly a refined gentleman with all good qualities. You are well-behaved, softhearted and merciful. I know that there is not even a tinge of fault to be found in You. Yet Your mind does not even remember the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. This is only My misfortune, and nothing else.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Praising Kṛṣṇa Amid the Pain of Forgetfulness

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is praised as a refined gentleman possessing all good qualities: well-behaved, softhearted and merciful.

  2. 2

    The speaker declares that there is not even a trace of fault in Him, yet laments that He does not remember Vṛndāvana’s inhabitants.

  3. 3

    Rather than finding fault with Kṛṣṇa, the speaker describes this sorrow as personal misfortune alone.

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:

With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas. While performing kīrtana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vidagdhamost refined
  2. mṛdugentle
  3. sat-guṇaendowed with all good qualities
  4. su-śīlawell-behaved
  5. snigdhasofthearted
  6. karuṇamerciful
  7. tumiYou
  8. tomāraYour
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”, “vṛndāvana’s”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “merciful”

  • 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: “laments”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do praise and sorrow remain together in this address to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Choose one of Kṛṣṇa’s qualities named here and spend a minute appreciating it.

Live this todayPraising Kṛṣṇa Amid the Pain of ForgetfulnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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