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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.9
চটক পর্বত দেখি’ ‘গোবর্ধন’ ভ্রমে ।
ধাঞা চলে আর্তনাদ করিয়া ক্রন্দনে ॥ ৯ ॥
caṭaka parvata dekhi’ ‘govardhana’ bhrame
dhāñā cale ārta-nāda kariyā krandane
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would also run very fast across the sand dunes, mistaking them for Govardhana. As He ran, He would wail and cry loudly.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sea winds formed sand dunes called caṭaka parvata. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took these dunes to be Govardhana Hill.
He ran toward the dunes at high speed, crying loudly and expressing the state of mind exhibited by Rādhārāṇī.
Absorption in Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes brought Him the atmosphere of Vṛndāvana and Govardhana Hill. He thus enjoyed the transcendental bliss of separation and meeting.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “govardhana”, “vṛndāvana”
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”, “crying”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this description show you about the depth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s absorption in Kṛṣṇa?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the Lord’s absorption in Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes.
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