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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 2.6Madhya 2.8

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.7

গম্ভীরা-ভিতরে রাত্রে নাহি নিদ্রা-লব ।

ভিত্তে মুখ-শির ঘষে, ক্ষত হয় সব ॥ ৭ ॥

gambhīrā-bhitare rātre nāhi nidrā-lava

bhitte mukha-śira ghaṣe, kṣata haya saba

Translation

The small room beyond the corridor is called the Gambhīrā. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to stay in that room, but He did not sleep for a moment. All night He used to grind His mouth and head on the wall, and His face sustained injuries all over.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sleepless Nights in the Gambhīrā

  1. 1

    The Gambhīrā is the small room beyond the corridor where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to stay.

  2. 2

    While staying there, He did not sleep for a moment.

  3. 3

    All night He ground His mouth and head on the wall, sustaining injuries all over His face.

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:

Thus he has also described some of the pastimes of the antya-līlā. Why he has done so is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.
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. gambhīrā-bhitareinside the inner room
  2. rātreat night
  3. nāhithere is not
  4. nidrā-lavaa fraction of sleep
  5. bhitteon the wall
  6. mukhamouth
  7. śirahead
  8. ghaṣegrind
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the words “not sleep for a moment” and “all night” help you notice about His nights in the Gambhīrā?

Practice

Read the verse attentively and note what it says about the room and the Lord’s sleeplessness.

Live this todaySleepless Nights in the GambhīrāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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