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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.
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  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 13.144Madhya 13.146

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.145

না গণি আপন-দুঃখ,     দেখি’ ব্ৰজেশ্বরী-মুখ,

ব্রজজনের হৃদয় বিদরে ।

কিবা মার’ ব্রজবাসী,     কিবা জীয়াও ব্রজে আসি’,

কেন জীয়াও দুঃখ সহাইবারে ? ১৪৫ ॥

nā gaṇi āpana-duḥkha, dekhi’ vrajeśvarī-mukha,

vraja-janera hṛdaya vidare

kibā māra’ vraja-vāsī, kibā jīyāo vraje āsi’,

kena jīyāo duḥkha sahāibāre?

Translation

“I do not care for My personal unhappiness, but when I see the morose face of mother Yaśodā and the hearts of all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana breaking because of You, I wonder whether You want to kill them all. Or do You want to enliven them by coming there? Why are You simply keeping them alive in a state of suffering?

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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.

Concern for Others Above Personal Unhappiness

  1. 1

    The speaker sets aside Her personal unhappiness to speak of the suffering of others.

  2. 2

    Mother Yaśodā’s face is morose, and the hearts of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana are breaking in separation.

  3. 3

    The appeal asks whether He will return to enliven them rather than keep them alive in suffering.

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. nā gaṇiI do not care
  2. āpana-duḥkhaMy personal unhappiness
  3. dekhi’seeing
  4. vrajeśvarī-mukhathe face of mother Yaśodā
  5. vraja-janeraof all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
  6. hṛdaya vidarethe hearts break
  7. kibāwhether
  8. māra’ vraja-vāsīYou want to kill the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
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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”, “yaśodā”, “yaśodā’s”

  • 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the speaker’s concern for others despite Her own unhappiness?

Practice

Reread the verse and pause over its concern for mother Yaśodā and the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana.

Live this todayConcern for Others Above Personal UnhappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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