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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 2.65Madhya 2.67

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.66

উন্মাদের লক্ষণ,     করায় কৃষ্ণ-স্ফুরণ,

ভাবাবেশে উঠে প্রণয় মান ।

সোল্লুণ্ঠ-বচন-রীতি,     মান, গর্ব, ব্যাজ-স্তুতি,

কভু নিন্দা, কভু বা সম্মান ॥ ৬৬ ॥

unmādera lakṣaṇa, karāya kṛṣṇa-sphuraṇa,

bhāvāveśe uṭhe praṇaya māna

solluṇṭha-vacana-rīti, māna, garva, vyāja-stuti,

kabhu nindā, kabhu vā sammāna

Translation

The symptoms of madness served as an impetus for remembering Kṛṣṇa. The mood of ecstasy awoke love, disdain, defamation by words, pride, honor and indirect prayer. Thus Śrī Kṛṣṇa was sometimes blasphemed and sometimes honored.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Separation Awakens Deep and Varied Emotions

  1. 1

    Unmāda means extreme joy, misfortune and bewilderment in the heart due to separation. Here, its symptoms served as an impetus for remembering Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Praṇaya is love in which an opportunity to receive direct honor is avoided.

  3. 3

    Māna occurs when a lover feels fresh sweetness in hearty loving words but wishes to hide those feelings by crooked means.

Key points from the purport
  • The word unmāda is explained in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu as extreme joy, misfortune and bewilderment in the heart due to separation.
  • The word praṇaya is explained thus: When there is a possibility of receiving direct honor but it is avoided, that love is called praṇaya.
  • Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, in his Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi, explains the word māna thus: When the lover feels novel sweetness by exchanging hearty loving words but wishes to hide his feelings by crooked means, māna is experienced.

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. unmādera lakṣaṇathe symptoms of madness
  2. karāyacauses
  3. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  4. sphuraṇaimpetus
  5. bhāva-āveśein an ecstatic condition
  6. uṭheawakens
  7. praṇayalove
  8. mānadisdain
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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: “madness”, “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”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “served”

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

How does the connection with remembering Kṛṣṇa help you understand these varied emotions?

Practice

Write down the meanings of unmāda, praṇaya and māna in a short phrase each.

Live this todaySeparation Awakens Deep and Varied EmotionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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