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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 2.60Madhya 2.62

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.61

ত্বচ্ছৈশবং ত্রিভুবনাদ্ভুতমিত্যবেহি

মচ্চাপলঞ্চ তব বা মম বাধিগম্যম্ ।

তৎ কিং করোমি বিরলং মুরলীবিলাসি

মুগ্ধং মুখাম্বুজমুদীক্ষিতুমীক্ষণাভ্যাম্ ॥ ৬১ ॥

tvac-chaiśavaṁ tri-bhuvanādbhutam ity avehi

mac-cāpalaṁ ca tava vā mama vādhigamyam

tat kiṁ karomi viralaṁ muralī-vilāsi

mugdhaṁ mukhāmbujam udīkṣitum īkṣaṇābhyām

Translation

“ ‘O Kṛṣṇa, O flute-player, the sweetness of Your early age is wonderful within these three worlds. You know My unsteadiness, and I know Yours. No one else knows about this. I want to see Your beautiful attractive face somewhere in a solitary place, but how can this be accomplished?’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Longing to See Kṛṣṇa’s Beautiful Face

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is addressed as the flute-player whose sweetness in His early age is wonderful within the three worlds.

  2. 2

    The prayer expresses a mutual knowledge of unsteadiness that no one else shares, together with a desire to see Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful face in a solitary place.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies this as another quotation from the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta of Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura.

Key points from the purport
  • This is another quote from the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta (32) of Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. tvatYour
  2. śaiśavamearly age
  3. tri-bhuvanawithin the three worlds
  4. adbhutamwonderful
  5. itithus
  6. avehiknow
  7. mat-cāpalamMy unsteadiness
  8. caand
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which description of Kṛṣṇa in this prayer most draws your attention?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute rereading the descriptions of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness and beautiful face.

Live this todayLonging to See Kṛṣṇa’s Beautiful FaceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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