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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.3
শেষ যে রহিল প্রভুর দ্বাদশ বৎসর ।
কৃষ্ণের বিয়োগ-স্ফূর্তি হয় নিরন্তর ॥ ৩ ॥
śeṣa ye rahila prabhura dvādaśa vatsara
kṛṣṇera viyoga-sphūrti haya nirantara
During His last twelve years, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu always manifested all the symptoms of ecstasy in separation from Kṛṣṇa.
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The verse describes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s last twelve years.
During this time, He always manifested all the symptoms of ecstasy.
This ecstasy was expressed in separation from Kṛṣṇa.
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
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
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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: “separation”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the word “always” help you notice about the Lord’s separation from Kṛṣṇa?
Read the verse once and note both the length of time and the constancy of the Lord’s ecstasy.
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