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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.198

মধুর প্রসন্ন ইহার কাব্য সালঙ্কার ।

ঐছে কবিত্ব বিনু নহে রসের প্রচার ॥ ১৯৮ ॥

madhura prasanna ihāra kāvya sālaṅkāra

aiche kavitva vinu nahe rasera pracāra

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised the metaphors and other literary ornaments of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s transcendental poetry. Without such poetic attributes, He said, there is no possibility of preaching transcendental mellows.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Poetic Beauty Communicates Transcendental Mellows

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised the metaphors in Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s transcendental poetry.

  2. 2

    He also praised its other literary ornaments. These features were important to the poetry’s expression.

  3. 3

    He said that without such poetic attributes, there is no possibility of preaching transcendental mellows—the devotional feelings conveyed by the poetry.

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 the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, remained at Jagannātha Purī for some time.
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. madhurasweet
  2. prasannapleasing
  3. ihārahis
  4. kāvyapoetry
  5. sa-alaṅkārawith metaphors and other ornaments
  6. aichesuch as that
  7. kavitvapoetic qualifications
  8. vinuwithout
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

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 can a vivid comparison help you understand a devotional feeling?

Practice

Reread the comparison between poetry and an arrow in this batch, and note how its imagery strengthens its meaning.

Live this todayPoetic Beauty Communicates Transcendental MellowsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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