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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 2.40 Madhya 2.42

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.41

পুনঃ কহে, — হায় হায়, শুন, স্বরূপ-রামরায়,

এই মোর হৃদয়-নিশ্চয় ।

শুনি, করহ বিচার, হয়, নয় — কহ সার,

এত বলি’ শ্লোক উচ্চারয় ॥ ৪১ ॥

punaḥ kahe, — hāya hāya, śuna, svarūpa-rāmarāya,

ei mora hṛdaya-niścaya

śuni karaha vicāra, haya, naya — kaha sāra,

eta bali’ śloka uccāraya

Translation

Again He addressed Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāya Rāmānanda, speaking despondently: “Alas! My friends, you can now know the certainty within My heart, and after knowing My heart you should judge whether I am correct or not. You can speak of this properly.” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then began to chant another verse.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Opening the Heart to Trusted Friends

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāya Rāmānanda despondently, revealing what was certain within His heart.
2
He asked His friends to know His heart and then judge whether He was correct.
3
He trusted them to speak properly about His feelings and then began to chant another verse.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

punaḥagain
kahesays
hāya hāyaalas
śunakindly hear
svarūpa-rāma-rāyaMy dear Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya
eithis
moraMy
hṛdaya-niścayathe certainty in My heart

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to let a trusted friend hear my heart and offer an honest judgment?

Practice

Share one sincere feeling with a trusted friend and listen carefully to their response.

Live this todayOpening the Heart to Trusted FriendsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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