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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.125
রাত্রি-দিনে পোড়ে মন সোয়াস্তি না পাঙ ।
যাহাঁ গেলে কানু পাঙ, তাহাঁ উড়ি’ যাঙ ॥ ১২৫ ॥
rātri-dine poḍe mana soyāsti nā pāṅ
yāhāṅ gele kānu pāṅ, tāhāṅ uḍi’ yāṅ
“ ‘My feeling is like this: My mind burns day and night, and I can get no rest. If there were someplace I could go to meet Kṛṣṇa, I would immediately fly there.’”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The song describes a mind that burns day and night.
The speaker can find no rest in this condition.
If there were a place to meet Kṛṣṇa, the speaker would immediately fly there.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
This house was located at Śāntipura. Mother Śacīdevī cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, and at that time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the wish to fly immediately to Kṛṣṇa reveal about this longing?
Read the words about meeting Kṛṣṇa aloud, then pause to reflect on their urgency.
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