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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 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.15

কাহাঁ মোর প্রাণনাথ মুরলীবদন ।

কাহাঁ করোঁ কাহাঁ পাঙ ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ॥ ১৫ ॥

kāhāṅ mora prāṇa-nātha muralī-vadana

kāhāṅ karoṅ kāhāṅ pāṅ vrajendra-nandana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to express His mind in this way: “Where is the Lord of My life, who is playing His flute? What shall I do now? Where should I go to find the son of Mahārāja Nanda?

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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.

Searching for the Lord of His Life

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked where the Lord of His life was, describing Him as playing His flute.

  2. 2

    He asked, “What shall I do now?”

  3. 3

    He wondered where He should go to find the son of Mahārāja Nanda.

How it feels

Overwhelming divine separation. A preview of the last years reveals the Lord’s intense separation from Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

In the second chapter of the Madhya-līlā, the author describes the pastimes the Lord performed during the last twelve years of His life. Thus he has also described some of the pastimes of the antya-līlā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kāhāṅwhere
  2. moraMy
  3. prāṇa-nāthaLord of the life
  4. muralī-vadanaplaying the flute
  5. kāhāṅwhat
  6. karoṅshall I do
  7. kāhāṅwhere
  8. pāṅI shall get
  9. vrajendra-nandanathe son of Mahārāja Nanda
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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: “nanda”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the phrase “the Lord of My life” reveal about His longing?

Practice

Read His three questions slowly, giving a moment of attention to the longing in each.

Live this todaySearching for the Lord of His LifeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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