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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

Antya 1.127 Antya 1.129

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.128

সুধানাং চান্দ্রীণামপি মধুরিমোন্মাদ-দমনী দধানা রাধাদিপ্রণয়ঘনসারৈঃ সুরভিতাম্ ।

সমন্তাৎ সন্তাপোদ্গম-বিষমসংসার-সরণী- প্রণীতাং তে তৃষ্ণাং হরতু হরিলীলা-শিখরিণী ॥ ১২৮ ॥

sudhānāṁ cāndrīṇām api madhurimonmāda-damanī

dadhānā rādhādi-praṇaya-ghana-sāraiḥ surabhitām

samantāt santāpodgama-viṣama-saṁsāra-saraṇī-

praṇītāṁ te tṛṣṇāṁ haratu hari-līlā-śikhariṇī

Translation

“ ‘May the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa reduce the miseries existing in the material world and nullify all unwanted desires. The pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are like śikhariṇī, a blend of yogurt and sugar candy. They overpower the pride of even the nectar produced on the moon, for they distribute the sweet fragrance of the concentrated loving affairs of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the gopīs.’”

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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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Sweet Pastimes Remove Unwanted Desires

1
The verse prays that the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa may reduce the miseries of the material world and nullify all unwanted desires.
2
The pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are compared to śikhariṇī, a blend of yogurt and sugar candy. Their sweetness overpowers the pride of even the nectar produced on the moon.
3
These pastimes distribute the sweet fragrance of the concentrated loving affairs of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the gopīs.

How it feels

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

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

After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead. Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

sudhānāmof the nectar
cāndrīṇāmproduced on the moon
apieven
madhurimāthe sweetness
unmāda-damanīoverpowering the pride
dadhānādistributing
rādhā-ādiof Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Her companions
praṇaya-ghanaof the concentrated loving affairs

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: “distribute”
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

Which unwanted desire would I like to see nullified through Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes?

Practice

Read the opening prayer slowly, praying for Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes to reduce misery and remove unwanted desires.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Sweet Pastimes Remove Unwanted DesiresThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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