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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 2.59Madhya 2.61

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.60

উঠিল ভাব-চাপল,     মন হইল চঞ্চল,

ভাবের গতি বুঝন না যায় ।

অদর্শনে পোড়ে মন,     কেমনে পাব দরশন,

কৃষ্ণ-ঠাঞি পুছেন উপায় ॥ ৬০ ॥

uṭhila bhāva-cāpala, mana ha-ila cañcala,

bhāvera gati bujhana nā yāya

adarśane poḍe mana, kemane pāba daraśana,

kṛṣṇa-ṭhāñi puchena upāya

Translation

In this way, the Lord’s restlessness was awakened by ecstatic feelings, and His mind became agitated. No one could understand what course such ecstasy would take. Because Lord Caitanya could not meet the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, His mind burned. He began to ask Kṛṣṇa about the means by which He could reach Him.

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

1

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Asking Kṛṣṇa How to Reach Him

  1. 1

    Ecstatic feelings awakened the Lord’s restlessness and agitated His mind.

  2. 2

    No one could understand what course this ecstasy would take.

  3. 3

    Unable to meet Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya felt His mind burn. He asked Kṛṣṇa how He could reach Him.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. uṭhilaarose
  2. bhāva-cāpalarestlessness of ecstatic emotion
  3. manamind
  4. ha-ilabecame
  5. cañcalaagitated
  6. bhāveraof ecstatic emotion
  7. gatithe course
  8. bujhanaunderstanding
3

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the Lord turning to Kṛṣṇa Himself for the means to reach Him?

Practice

Offer a short prayer asking Kṛṣṇa for direction in approaching Him.

Live this todayAsking Kṛṣṇa How to Reach HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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