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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 2.35Madhya 2.37

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.36

যদা যাতো দৈবান্মধুরিপুরসৌ লোচনপথং

তদাস্মাকং চেতো মদনহতকেনাহৃতমভূৎ ।

পুনর্যস্মিন্নেষ ক্ষণমপি দৃশোরেতি পদবীং

বিধাস্যামস্তস্মিন্নখিলঘটিকা রত্নখচিতাঃ ॥ ৩৬ ॥

yadā yāto daivān madhu-ripur asau locana-pathaṁ

tadāsmākaṁ ceto madana-hatakenāhṛtam abhūt

punar yasminn eṣa kṣaṇam api dṛśor eti padavīṁ

vidhāsyāmas tasminn akhila-ghaṭikā ratna-khacitāḥ

Translation

“ ‘If by chance the transcendental form of Kṛṣṇa comes before My path of vision, My heart, injured from being beaten, will be stolen away by Cupid, happiness personified. Because I could not see the beautiful form of Kṛṣṇa to My heart’s content, when I again see His form I shall decorate the phases of time with many jewels.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Longing to See Kṛṣṇa Fully

  1. 1

    The purport identifies this as a verse spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka.

  2. 2

    She describes Her heart as injured and says that seeing Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental form would allow Cupid, happiness personified, to steal it away.

  3. 3

    Because She could not see Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful form to Her heart’s content, She resolves to decorate the phases of time with jewels when She sees Him again.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in the Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka (3.11) of Rāmānanda Rāya.

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:

The author expects that reading the pastimes of the Lord will gradually help a person awaken his dormant love of Kṛṣṇa. Actually this Caitanya-caritāmṛta was compiled by the author during very old age.
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. yadāwhen
  2. yātaḥentered upon
  3. daivātby chance
  4. madhuripuḥthe enemy of the demon Madhu
  5. asauHe
  6. locana-pathamthe path of the eyes
  7. tadāat that time
  8. asmākamour
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

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

What does the wish to decorate time reveal about the preciousness of seeing Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Reread the verse once, giving special attention to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s longing to see Kṛṣṇa to Her heart’s content.

Live this todayLonging to See Kṛṣṇa FullyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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