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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 13.148Madhya 13.150

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.149

প্রাণপ্রিয়ে, শুন, মোর এ-সত্য-বচন ।

তোমা-সবার স্মরণে,     ঝুরোঁ মুঞি রাত্রিদিনে,

মোর দুঃখ না জানে কোন জন ॥ ১৪৯ ॥ ধ্রু ॥

prāṇa-priye, śuna, mora e-satya-vacana

tomā-sabāra smaraṇe, jhuroṅ muñi rātri-dine,

mora duḥkha nā jāne kona jana

Translation

“My dearest Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, please hear Me. I am speaking the truth. I cry day and night simply upon remembering all you inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. No one knows how unhappy this makes Me.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Longs for the Residents of Vṛndāvana

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa tells Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī that He cries day and night remembering the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. No one knows the depth of His unhappiness.

  2. 2

    In one sense, Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead, never takes even one step away from Vṛndāvana. Yet various duties required Him to leave for Mathurā and later Dvārakā.

  3. 3

    Away from Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa was not at all happy. He disclosed His mind to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, His dearmost life and soul.

Key points from the purport
  • In one sense, Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead (īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ), does not even take one step away from Vṛndāvana.
  • However, in order to take care of various duties, Kṛṣṇa had to leave Vṛndāvana.
  • Kṛṣṇa was away from Vṛndāvana, and He was not at all happy, as He plainly disclosed to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. prāṇa-priyeO My dearmost
  2. śunaplease hear
  3. moraof Me
  4. e-satya-vacanathis true statement
  5. tomā-sabāraof all of you
  6. smaraṇeby remembrance
  7. jhuroṅcry
  8. muñiI
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

  • 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Kṛṣṇa’s disclosure deepen your understanding of His love for Vṛndāvana?

Practice

Read Kṛṣṇa’s words aloud once, giving attention to His remembrance of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Longs for the Residents of VṛndāvanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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