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How to study this verse, in six steps

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 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 14.123 Antya 15.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.1

দুর্গমে কৃষ্ণভাবাব্ধৌ নিমগ্নোন্মগ্নচেতসা ।

গৌরেণ হরিণা প্রেমমর্যাদা ভূরি দর্শিতা ॥ ১ ॥

durgame kṛṣṇa-bhāvābdhau

nimagnonmagna-cetasā

gaureṇa hariṇā prema-

maryādā bhūri darśitā

Translation

The ocean of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa is very difficult to understand, even for such demigods as Lord Brahmā. By enacting His pastimes, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu submerged Himself in that ocean, and His heart was absorbed in that love. Thus He exhibited in various ways the exalted position of transcendental love for Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Ocean of Love for Kṛṣṇa

1
The ocean of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa is very difficult to understand, even for Lord Brahmā.
2
Through His pastimes, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu submerged Himself in that ocean. His heart was absorbed in love for Kṛṣṇa.
3
In various ways, He revealed the exalted position of transcendental love for Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.

The mood of Antya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

When He saw the garden on the beach by the sea, He again thought that He was in Vṛndāvana, and when He began to think of Kṛṣṇa engaging in His different pastimes, transcendental emotions excited Him again. On the night of the rāsa dance, the gopīs, bereaved by Kṛṣṇa’s absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

durgamevery difficult to understand
kṛṣṇa-bhāva-abdhauin the ocean of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa
nimagnasubmerged
unmagna-cetasāHis heart being absorbed
gaureṇaby Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
hariṇāby the Supreme Personality of Godhead
prema-maryādāthe exalted position of transcendental love
bhūriin various ways
darśitāwas exhibited

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 for krsna”, “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse invite you to approach love for Kṛṣṇa with humility?

Practice

Read the verse slowly today, pausing to reflect that even Lord Brahmā finds this love difficult to understand.

Live this todayThe Ocean of Love for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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