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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
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 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

Madhya 23.63 Madhya 23.65

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.64

রাধিকাদ্যে ‘পূর্বরাগ’ প্রসিদ্ধ ‘প্রবাস’, ‘মানে’ ।

‘প্রেমবৈচিত্ত্য’ শ্রীদশমে মহিষীগণে ॥ ৬৪ ॥

rādhikādye ‘pūrva-rāga’ prasiddha ‘pravāsa’, ‘māne’

‘prema-vaicittya’ śrī-daśame mahiṣī-gaṇe

Translation

“Of the four kinds of separation, three [pūrva-rāga, pravāsa and māna] are celebrated in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the gopīs. In Dvārakā, among the queens, feelings of prema-vaicittya are very prominent.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Distinct feelings of separation

1
Three kinds of separation are celebrated in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the gopīs.
2
These three are pūrva-rāga, pravāsa and māna.
3
Among the queens in Dvārakā, feelings of prema-vaicittya are very prominent.

How it feels

Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.

The mood of Madhya 23 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

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

There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

rādhikā-ādyein Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the other gopīs
pūrva-rāgafeelings before union
prasiddhacelebrated
pravāsa mānealso pravāsa and māna
prema-vaicittyafeelings of fear of separation
śrī-daśamein the Tenth Canto
mahiṣī-gaṇeamong the queens

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “prema-vaicittya”
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”
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: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinction does this verse make between the feelings celebrated in the gopīs and those prominent among the queens?

Practice

Make two short lists: the three kinds celebrated in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the gopīs, and the one prominent among the queens.

Live this todayDistinct feelings of separationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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