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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 2.56 Madhya 2.58

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.57

উঠিল নানা ভাবাবেগ, মনে হৈল উদ্বেগ,

ক্ষণমাত্র নারে গোঙাইতে ।

প্রবল বিরহানলে, ধৈর্য হৈল টলমলে,

নানা শ্লোক লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥ ৫৭ ॥

uṭhila nānā bhāvāvega, mane haila udvega,

kṣaṇa-mātra nāre goṅāite

prabala virahānale, dhairya haila ṭalamale,

nānā śloka lāgilā paḍite

Translation

In this way various ecstatic emotions evolved, and the mind of Caitanya Mahāprabhu filled with anxiety. He could not escape even for a moment. In this way, because of fierce feelings of separation, His patience began to totter, and He began to recite various verses.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Separation Shakes the Lord’s Patience

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Various ecstatic emotions arose, filling the mind of Caitanya Mahāprabhu with anxiety.
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He could not escape these feelings even for a moment. Fierce separation caused His patience to totter.
3
In this condition, He began to recite various verses.

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:

Over and above this are the notes of Svarūpa Dāmodara, memorized by Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, who also helped in the compilation of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta. After the disappearance of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

uṭhilaarose
nānāvarious
bhāva-āvegaforces of emotion
manein the mind
hailathere was
udvegaanxiety
kṣaṇa-mātraeven for a moment
nārenot able

Key ideas in this 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s inability to escape these feelings reveal about the intensity of His separation?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing at the words describing His separation and patience.

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