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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 13.151Madhya 13.153

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.152

প্রিয়া প্রিয়-সঙ্গহীনা,     প্রিয় প্রিয়া-সঙ্গ বিনা,

নাহি জীয়ে, — এ সত্য প্রমাণ ।

মোর দশা শোনে যবে,     তাঁর এই দশা হবে,

এই ভয়ে দুঁহে রাখে প্রাণ ॥ ১৫২ ॥

priyā priya-saṅga-hīnā, priya priyā-saṅga vinā,

nāhi jīye, — e satya pramāṇa

mora daśā śone yabe, tāṅra ei daśā habe,

ei bhaye duṅhe rākhe prāṇa

Translation

“When a woman is separated from the man she loves or a man is separated from his beloved woman, neither of them can live. It is a fact that they live only for each other, for if one dies and the other hears of it, he or she will die also.

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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.

Beloveds Live Only for Each Other

  1. 1

    The verse describes the anguish of a woman separated from the man she loves, or a man separated from his beloved woman.

  2. 2

    Their attachment is so deep that they live only for each other.

  3. 3

    The verse expresses the extremity of their separation: if one dies and the other hears of it, the other will die also.

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. priyāa woman beloved
  2. priya-saṅga-hīnābeing separated from the man beloved
  3. priyathe man beloved
  4. priyā-saṅga vinābeing separated from the woman beloved
  5. nāhi jīyecannot live
  6. e satya pramāṇathis is factual evidence
  7. moraMy
  8. daśāsituation
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “separated”, “separation”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “loves”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the phrase “live only for each other” convey the depth of the separation described here?

Practice

Reread the verse slowly and note one phrase that expresses the beloveds’ dependence on each other.

Live this todayBeloveds Live Only for Each OtherThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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