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  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 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead
Madhya 23.64Madhya 23.66

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.65

কুররি বিলপসি ত্বং বীতনিদ্রা ন শেষে

স্বপিতি জগতি রাত্র্যামীশ্বরো গুপ্তবোধঃ ।

বয়মিব সখি কচ্চিদ্‌গাঢ়নির্বিদ্ধচেতা

নলিন-নয়ন-হাসোদার-লীলেক্ষিতেন ॥ ৬৫ ॥

kurari vilapasi tvaṁ vīta-nidrā na śeṣe

svapiti jagati rātryām īśvaro gupta-bodhaḥ

vayam iva sakhi kaccid gāḍha-nirviddha-cetā

nalina-nayana-hāsodāra-līlekṣitena

Translation

“ ‘My dear friend kurarī, it is now night, and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is sleeping. You yourself are not asleep or resting but are lamenting. Should I presume that you, like us, are affected by the smiling, liberal, playful glances of lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa? If so, your heart is deeply pierced. Is that why you are showing these signs of sleepless lamentation?’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Fearing separation while with Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa's queens spoke these words. Although they were with Kṛṣṇa, they were still thinking of losing His company.

  2. 2

    They address their friend kurarī, who is awake and lamenting at night while Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa sleeps.

  3. 3

    They ask whether kurarī, like themselves, has been deeply pierced by the smiling, liberal, playful glances of lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa. They wonder whether this explains the sleepless lamentation.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.90.15) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s queens.
  • Although they were with Kṛṣṇa, they were still thinking of losing His company.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 23.65 quotesSB 10.90.15

This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.90.15) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s queens.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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

Further reading

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kurariO female osprey
  2. vilapasiare lamenting
  3. tvamyou
  4. vīta-nidrāwithout sleep
  5. nanot
  6. śeṣerest
  7. svapitisleeps
  8. jagatiin the world
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “liberal”

  • 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: “lamenting”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches me about the queens thinking of losing Kṛṣṇa's company even while He is with them?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the queens' concern about losing Kṛṣṇa's company.

Live this todayFearing separation while with KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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