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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.106Madhya 8.108

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.107

ইতস্ততস্তামনুসৃত্য রাধিকা-

মনঙ্গবাণব্রণখিন্নমানসঃ ।

কৃতানুতাপঃ স কলিন্দনন্দিনী

তটান্তকুঞ্জে বিষসাদ মাধবঃ ॥ ১০৭ ॥

itas tatas tām anusṛtya rādhikām

anaṅga-bāṇa-vraṇa-khinna-mānasaḥ

kṛtānutāpaḥ sa kalinda-nandinī

taṭānta-kuñje viṣasāda mādhavaḥ

Translation

“ ‘Being afflicted by the arrow of Cupid and unhappily regretting His mistreating Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Mādhava, Lord Kṛṣṇa, began to search for Her along the banks of the Yamunā River. When He failed to find Her, He entered the bushes of Vṛndāvana and began to lament.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Searches for Rādhārāṇī and Laments

  1. 1

    Mādhava, Lord Kṛṣṇa, was afflicted by the arrow of Cupid and unhappily regretted mistreating Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  2. 2

    He searched for Her along the banks of the Yamunā River. Unable to find Her, He entered the bushes of Vṛndāvana and lamented.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies this and the preceding verse as coming from the Gīta-govinda, written by Jayadeva Gosvāmī.

Key points from the purport
  • These two verses are from the Gīta-govinda (3.1-2), written by Jayadeva Gosvāmī.

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

Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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

After visiting the temple of Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the banks of the river Godāvarī, to a place known as Vidyānagara. When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya went there to take his bath, they met.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. itaḥ tataḥhither and thither
  2. tāmHer
  3. anusṛtyasearching out
  4. rādhikāmŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  5. anaṅgaof Cupid
  6. bāṇa-vraṇaby a wound from the arrow
  7. khinna-mānasaḥwhose heart is injured
  8. kṛta-anutāpaḥrepentant for misbehavior
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”, “yamunā”

  • 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: “lament”, “lamented”

  • 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”

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 you about Kṛṣṇa’s regret and search for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?

Practice

Take one minute to reflect on the sequence of Kṛṣṇa’s regret, search, and lamentation.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Searches for Rādhārāṇī and LamentsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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