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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 2.37Madhya 2.39

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.38

পুনঃ যদি কোন ক্ষণ,     করায় কৃষ্ণ দরশন,

তবে সেই ঘটী-ক্ষণ-পল ।

দিয়া মাল্যচন্দন,     নানা রত্ন-আভরণ,

অলঙ্কৃত করিমু সকল ॥ ৩৮ ॥

punaḥ yadi kona kṣaṇa, karāya kṛṣṇa daraśana

tabe sei ghaṭī-kṣaṇa-pala

diyā mālya-candana, nānā ratna-ābharaṇa,

alaṅkṛta karimu sakala

Translation

“If by chance such a moment comes when I can once again see Kṛṣṇa, then I shall worship those seconds, moments and hours with flower garlands and pulp of sandalwood and decorate them with all kinds of jewels and ornaments.”

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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.

Every Moment With Kṛṣṇa Is Precious

  1. 1

    The speaker longs for another opportunity to see Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    If that opportunity comes, the speaker resolves to worship its seconds, moments and hours with flower garlands and sandalwood pulp.

  3. 3

    The speaker also wishes to decorate that time with every kind of jewel and ornament, expressing how precious it would be.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. punaḥagain
  2. yadiif
  3. konasome
  4. kṣaṇamoment
  5. karāyahelps
  6. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  7. daraśanaseeing
  8. tabethen
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does worshiping even the seconds suggest about the value of seeing Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Set aside one uninterrupted minute today to reflect on the preciousness of a moment spent seeing Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayEvery Moment With Kṛṣṇa Is PreciousThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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