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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.42
কই অবরহিঅং পেম্মং ণ হি হোই মাণুসে লোএ ।
জই হোই কস্স বিরহে হোন্তম্মি কো জীঅই ॥ ৪২ ॥
ka-i-avarahi-aṁ pemmaṁ ṇa hi hoi māṇuse loe
ja-i hoi kassa virahe hontammi ko jīa-i
“ ‘Love of Godhead, devoid of cheating propensities, is not possible within this material world. If there is such a love, there cannot be separation, for if there is separation, how can one live?’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse speaks of love of Godhead that is devoid of cheating propensities.
It declares that such love is not possible within this material world. If it existed, there could not be separation, for how could one live in separation?
The purport identifies the verse as being in a common language called prākṛta and gives its exact Sanskrit transformation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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
Learn the words of the 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: “separation”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does love devoid of cheating ask me to examine in my own motives?
Take a quiet moment to identify one mixed motive in what you call love.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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