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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord
Antya 1.176Antya 1.178

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.177

নিজপ্রণয়িতাং সুধামুদয়মাপ্নুবন্ যঃ ক্ষিতৌ কিরত্যলমুরীকৃতদ্বিজকুলাধিরাজস্থিতিঃ ।

স লুঞ্চিত-তমস্ততির্মম শচীসুতাখ্যঃ শশী বশীকৃতজগন্মনাঃ কিমপি শর্ম বিন্যস্যতু ॥ ১৭৭ ॥

nija-praṇayitāṁ sudhām udayam āpnuvan yaḥ kṣitau

kiraty alam urī-kṛta-dvija-kulādhirāja-sthitiḥ

sa luñcita-tamas-tatir mama śacī-sutākhyaḥ śaśī

vaśī-kṛta-jagan-manāḥ kim api śarma vinyasyatu

Translation

“ ‘The moonlike Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the son of mother Śacī, has now appeared on earth to spread devotional love of Himself. He is the emperor of the brāhmaṇa community. He can drive away all the darkness of ignorance and control the mind of everyone in the world. May that rising moon bestow upon us all good fortune.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Son of Śacī Spreads Devotional Love

  1. 1

    This verse from the Lalita-mādhava identifies the son of mother Śacī as the moonlike Supreme Personality of Godhead. He has appeared on earth to spread devotional love of Himself.

  2. 2

    He is described as the emperor of the brāhmaṇa community. He can drive away all the darkness of ignorance and control everyone’s mind.

  3. 3

    The verse compares Him to a rising moon and prays that He bestow all good fortune upon us.

Key points from the purport
  • This is the third verse of Act One of the Lalita-mādhava.

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

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

Further reading

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

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

After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much. After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nija-praṇayitāmown devotional love
  2. sudhāmthe nectar
  3. udayamappearance
  4. āpnuvanobtaining
  5. yaḥone who
  6. kṣitauon the surface of the world
  7. kiratiexpands
  8. alamextensively
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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 His purpose of spreading devotional love shape your understanding of good fortune?

Practice

Read the verse’s closing prayer aloud, asking for the good fortune of devotional love.

Live this todayThe Son of Śacī Spreads Devotional LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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