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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.197

অয়ি দীনদয়ার্দ্রনাথ হে মথুরানাথ কদাবলোক্যসে ।

হৃদয়ং ত্বদলোককাতরং দয়িত ভ্রাম্যতি কিং করোম্যহম্ ॥ ১৯৭ ॥

ayi dīna-dayārdra nātha he

mathurā-nātha kadāvalokyase

hṛdayaṁ tvad-aloka-kātaraṁ

dayita bhrāmyati kiṁ karomy aham

Translation

“O My Lord! O most merciful master! O master of Mathurā! When shall I see You again? Because of My not seeing You, My agitated heart has become unsteady. O most beloved one, what shall I do now?”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Longing for the Most Beloved Lord

  1. 1

    The prayer addresses the most merciful master of Mathurā. Not seeing the beloved Lord has made the speaker’s heart agitated and unsteady.

  2. 2

    The purport describes four sampradāyas of uncontaminated devotees who strictly depend on Vedānta philosophy. Mādhavendra Purī accepted the Śrī Madhvācārya-sampradāya and took sannyāsa according to disciplic succession.

  3. 3

    Mādhavendra Purī first introduced the conception of conjugal love into the Madhvācārya-sampradāya. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu revealed this conclusion when He met the Tattvavādīs in southern India.

Key points from the purport
  • Out of the four sampradāyas, the Śrī Madhvācārya-sampradāya was accepted by Mādhavendra Purī.
  • Beginning from Madhvācārya down to the spiritual master of Mādhavendra Purī, the ācārya named Lakṣmīpati, there was no realization of devotional service in conjugal love.
  • Śrī Mādhavendra Purī introduced the conception of conjugal love for the first time in the Madhvācārya-sampradāya, and this conclusion of the Madhvācārya-sampradāya was revealed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He toured southern India and met the Tattvavādīs, who supposedly belonged to the Madhvācārya-sampradāya.

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

How it feels

Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.

The mood of Madhya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated this story for Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees and praised the pure devotional service of Mādhavendra Purī. When He recited some verses composed by Mādhavendra Purī, He went into an ecstatic mood.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ayiO My Lord
  2. dīnaon the poor
  3. dayā-ārdracompassionate
  4. nāthaO master
  5. heO
  6. mathurā-nāthathe master of Mathurā
  7. kadāwhen
  8. avalokyaseI shall see You
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Why this verse matters

    Mādhavendra Purī’s prayer of unbearable longing for the Lord of Mathurā.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “merciful”

  • 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: “love”

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

How does this prayer express both confidence in the Lord’s mercy and longing to see Him?

Practice

Read the prayer once slowly, noticing how the Lord is addressed as both merciful and most beloved.

Live this todayLonging for the Most Beloved LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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