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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 2.90Madhya 2.92

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.91

এই অন্ত্যলীলা-সার,     সূত্রমধ্যে বিস্তার,

করি’ কিছু করিলুঁ বর্ণন ।

ইহা-মধ্যে মরি যবে,     বর্ণিতে না পারি তবে,

এই লীলা ভক্তগণ-ধন ॥ ৯১ ॥

ei antya-līlā-sāra, sūtra-madhye vistāra,

kari’ kichu kariluṅ varṇana

ihā-madhye mari yabe, varṇite nā pāri tabe,

ei līlā bhakta-gaṇa-dhana

Translation

In this chapter I have to some extent described the essence of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya at the end. If I die in the meantime and cannot describe them in detail, at least the devotees will have this transcendental treasure.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Leaving Devotees a Transcendental Treasure

  1. 1

    The author has described, to some extent, the essence of Lord Caitanya’s final pastimes.

  2. 2

    He recognizes that he may die before he can describe them in detail.

  3. 3

    Even then, the devotees will have this brief account as a transcendental treasure.

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:

At that time the author, Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī, met Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, by whose mercy he also could memorize all the notes. In this way the author was able to complete this transcendental literature, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei antya-līlā-sārathe essence of the antya-līlā (Lord Caitanya’s pastimes at the end)
  2. sūtra-madhyein the form of a synopsis
  3. vistāraexpansion
  4. kari’doing
  5. kichusomething
  6. kariluṅ varṇanahave described
  7. ihā-madhyein the meantime
  8. mariI die
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I value even a brief account of Lord Caitanya’s pastimes as a transcendental treasure?

Practice

Reread a short passage about Lord Caitanya’s pastimes from this chapter with care.

Live this todayLeaving Devotees a Transcendental TreasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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