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5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Madhya 21.131 Madhya 21.133

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.132

যাঁর পুণ্যপুঞ্জফলে, সে-মুখ-দর্শন মিলে,

দুই আঁখি কি করিবে পানে ?

দ্বিগুণ বাড়ে তৃষ্ণা-লোভ, পিতে নারে — মনঃক্ষোভ,

দুঃখে করে বিধির নিন্দনে ॥ ১৩২ ॥

yāṅra puṇya-puñja-phale, se-mukha-darśana mile,

dui āṅkhi ki karibe pāne?

dviguṇa bāḍe tṛṣṇā-lobha, pite nāre — manaḥ-kṣobha,

duḥkhe kare vidhira nindane

Translation

“If by devotional service one gets the results of pious activities and sees Lord Kṛṣṇa’s face, what can he relish with only two eyes? His greed and thirst increase twofold by seeing the nectarean face of Kṛṣṇa. Due to his inability to sufficiently drink that nectar, he becomes very unhappy and criticizes the creator for not having given more than two eyes.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing Kṛṣṇa Deepens the Thirst for Him

1
Through devotional service, one may obtain the results of pious activities and see Lord Kṛṣṇa’s face.
2
Seeing His nectarean face makes the onlooker’s greed and thirst increase twofold.
3
Only two eyes cannot sufficiently drink that nectar. The onlooker becomes unhappy and criticizes the creator for not giving more eyes.

How it feels

Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 21 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty. Throughout the rest of the chapter, our intimate relationship ( sambandha ) with Kṛṣṇa is described.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

yāṅrawhose
puṇya-puñja-phaleby the result of many pious activities
se-mukhaof that face
darśanaseeing
mileif one gets to do
dui āṅkhitwo eyes
kihow
karibewill do

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description show that seeing Kṛṣṇa increases the desire to see Him?

Practice

Reread the description of Kṛṣṇa’s nectarean face and pause to consider the longing it awakens.

Live this todaySeeing Kṛṣṇa Deepens the Thirst for HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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