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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 1.183Antya 1.185

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.184

নটতা কিরাতরাজং নিহত্য রঙ্গস্থলে কলানিধিনা ।

সময়ে তেন বিধেয়ং গুণবতি তারাকরগ্রহণম্ ॥ ১৮৪ ॥

naṭatā kirāta-rājaṁ nihatya raṅga-sthale kalā-nidhinā

samaye tena vidheyaṁ guṇavati tārā-kara-grahaṇam

Translation

“ ‘While dancing on the stage after having killed the ruler of uncivilized men [Kaṁsa], Lord Kṛṣṇa, master of all arts, will at the proper time accept the hand of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is qualified with all transcendental attributes.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa, Master of All Arts

  1. 1

    The verse describes Lord Kṛṣṇa dancing on the stage after killing Kaṁsa, the ruler of uncivilized men.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is called the master of all arts. At the proper time, He will accept the hand of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

  3. 3

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is described as possessing all transcendental attributes. The purport identifies this verse as Lalita-mādhava 1.11.

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. naṭatādancing on the stage
  2. kirāta-rājamthe ruler of the Kirātas (uncivilized men), Kaṁsa
  3. nihatyakilling
  4. raṅga-sthaleon the stage
  5. kalā-nidhināthe master of all arts
  6. samayeat the time
  7. tenaby Him
  8. vidheyamto be done
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

Which description of Kṛṣṇa or Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī most draws my attention here?

Practice

Read the verse aloud once, pausing at “master of all arts” and “all transcendental attributes.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa, Master of All ArtsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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