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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
Madhya 2.22Madhya 2.24

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.23

অন্যের যে দুঃখ মনে,     অন্যে তাহা নাহি জানে,

সত্য এই শাস্ত্রের বিচারে ।

অন্য জন কাহাঁ লিখি,     না জানয়ে প্রাণসখী,

যাতে কহে ধৈর্য ধরিবারে ॥ ২৩ ॥

anyera ye duḥkha mane, anye tāhā nāhi jāne,

satya ei śāstrera vicāre

anya jana kāhāṅ likhi, nā jānaye prāṇa-sakhī,

yāte kahe dhairya dharibāre

Translation

“In the scriptures it is said that one person can never know the unhappiness in the mind of another. Therefore what can I say of My dear friends, Lalitā and the others? Nor can they understand the unhappiness within Me. They simply try to console Me repeatedly, saying, ‘Dear friend, be patient.’

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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.

Another’s Inner Unhappiness Is Hard to Know

  1. 1

    The speaker recalls the scriptural statement that one person can never know the unhappiness in another’s mind.

  2. 2

    Even Her dear friends, Lalitā and the others, cannot understand the unhappiness within Her.

  3. 3

    Her friends repeatedly try to console Her by saying, “Dear friend, be patient.” Their reassurance does not mean they understand Her inner pain.

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:

Why he has done so is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand. The author expects that reading the pastimes of the Lord will gradually help a person awaken his dormant love of Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. anyeraof others
  2. yethat
  3. duḥkhaunhappiness
  4. manein the minds
  5. anyeothers
  6. tāhāthat
  7. nāhido not
  8. jāneknow
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When someone is unhappy, do you listen before asking them to be patient?

Practice

If someone shares a difficulty today, let them finish before offering reassurance.

Live this todayAnother’s Inner Unhappiness Is Hard to KnowThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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