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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 2.34Madhya 2.36

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.35

করি’ এত বিলপন,     প্রভু শচীনন্দন,

উঘাড়িয়া হৃদয়ের শোক ।

দৈন্য-নির্বেদ-বিষাদে,     হৃদয়ের অবসাদে,

পুনরপি পড়ে এক শ্লোক ॥ ৩৫ ॥

kari’ eta vilapana, prabhu śacī-nandana,

ughāḍiyā hṛdayera śoka

dainya-nirveda-viṣāde, hṛdayera avasāde,

punarapi paḍe eka śloka

Translation

Lamenting in this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu opened the doors of grief within His heart. Morose, humble and disappointed, He recited a verse again and again with a despondent heart.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Humility and Lamentation Open the Heart

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu opened the doors of grief within His heart and repeatedly recited a verse. The purport explains dainya as humility arising when unhappiness, fearfulness and a sense of having offended combine.

  2. 2

    Nirveda is despondency associated with unhappiness, separation, jealousy and lamentation due to not discharging one’s duties. Its symptoms include tears, humility and heavy breathing.

  3. 3

    Viṣāda is regret when one fails to attain life’s desired goal and repents for offenses. Avasāda includes longing to regain one’s original condition and asking how to do so.

Key points from the purport
  • In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, the word dainya (humility) is explained as follows: “When unhappiness, fearfulness and the sense of having offended combine, one feels condemned.
  • The word nirveda is also explained in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: “One may feel unhappiness and separation, as well as jealousy and lamentation, due to not discharging one’s duties.
  • The symptoms of avasāda are also explained: “One hankers to revive his original condition and inquires how to do so.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Actually this Caitanya-caritāmṛta was compiled by the author during very old age. Fearing he might not be able to finish the book, he has included a synopsis of the antya-līlā here in the second chapter.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kari’doing
  2. etasuch
  3. vilapanalamenting
  4. prabhuthe Lord
  5. śacī-nandanathe son of mother Śacī
  6. ughāḍiyāopening
  7. hṛdayeraof the heart
  8. śokathe lamentation
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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: “lamenting”, “separation”, “lamentation”

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “humble”, “humility”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associated”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can regret lead you to ask sincerely how to return to a better condition?

Practice

Identify one neglected duty and write down one small step toward fulfilling it.

Live this todayHumility and Lamentation Open the HeartThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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