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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 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.139Madhya 16.141

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.140

আমার সঙ্গে রহিতে চাহ, — বাঞ্ছ নিজ-সুখ ।

তোমার দুই ধর্ম যায়, — আমার হয় ‘দুঃখ’ ॥ ১৪০ ॥

āmāra saṅge rahite cāha, — vāñcha nija-sukha

tomāra dui dharma yāya, — āmāra haya ‘duḥkha’

Translation

“Your wanting to go with Me is simply a desire for sense gratification. In this way, you are breaking two religious principles, and because of this I am very unhappy.

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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.

Personal Desire Can Displease the Lord

  1. 1

    The Lord describes the desire to go with Him as simply a desire for sense gratification.

  2. 2

    He says that this desire is leading to the breaking of two religious principles.

  3. 3

    The Lord says that this makes Him very unhappy.

How it feels

Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

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

When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āmāra saṅgewith Me
  2. rahiteto remain
  3. cāhayou want
  4. vāñchayou desire
  5. nija-sukhayour own sense gratification
  6. tomārayour
  7. dui dharmatwo principles
  8. yāyago away
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Could a desire I consider devotional be putting my own satisfaction ahead of the Lord’s happiness?

Practice

Examine one choice today and ask whether personal satisfaction is drawing you away from a religious commitment.

Live this todayPersonal Desire Can Displease the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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