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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 2.45 Madhya 2.47

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.46

দূরে শুদ্ধপ্রেমগন্ধ, কপট প্রেমের বন্ধ,

সেহ মোর নাহি কৃষ্ণ-পায় ।

তবে যে করি ক্রন্দন, স্বসৌভাগ্য প্ৰখ্যাপন,

করি, ইহা জানিহ নিশ্চয় ॥ ৪৬ ॥

dūre śuddha-prema-gandha, kapaṭa premera bandha,

seha mora nāhi kṛṣṇa-pāya

tabe ye kari krandana, sva-saubhāgya prakhyāpana,

kari, ihā jāniha niścaya

Translation

“Actually, My love for Kṛṣṇa is far, far away. Whatever I do is actually an exhibition of pseudo love of Godhead. When you see Me cry, I am simply falsely demonstrating My great fortune. Please try to understand this beyond a doubt.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Examining Outward Displays of Love

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that His love for Kṛṣṇa is far, far away.
2
He describes whatever He does as an exhibition of pseudo love of Godhead.
3
He says His tears falsely demonstrate His great fortune and asks His friends to understand this beyond a doubt.

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:

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.

dūrefar away
śuddha-prema-gandhaa scent of pure devotional love
kapaṭafalse
premeraof love of Godhead
bandhabinding
sehathat
moraMy
nāhithere is not

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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”, “love for krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I more concerned with appearing fortunate in devotion than with genuinely loving Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Notice one moment today when you want others to admire your devotion, and honestly acknowledge that wish.

Live this todayExamining Outward Displays of LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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