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  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 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.19

কৃষ্ণরূপামৃতসিন্ধু, তাহার তরঙ্গ-বিন্দু, একবিন্দু জগৎ ডুবায় ।

ত্রিজগতে যত নারী, তার চিত্ত-উচ্চগিরি, তাহা ডুবাই আগে উঠি’ ধায় ॥ ১৯ ॥

kṛṣṇa-rūpāmṛta-sindhu, tāhāra taraṅga-bindu,

eka-bindu jagat ḍubāya

trijagate yata nārī, tāra citta-ucca-giri,

tāhā ḍubāi āge uṭhi’ dhāya

Translation

“The consciousness of each woman within the three worlds is certainly like a high hill, but the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty is like an ocean. Even a drop of water from that ocean can flood the entire world and submerge all the high hills of consciousness.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Beauty Overwhelms All Consciousness

  1. 1

    The consciousness of each woman within the three worlds is compared to a high hill.

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    The sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty is compared to an ocean. Even one drop can flood the entire world.

  3. 3

    That single drop can submerge every high hill of consciousness. The comparison conveys the overwhelming sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty.

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

Further reading

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.

  1. kṛṣṇa-rūpaof Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental beauty
  2. amṛta-sindhuthe ocean of nectar
  3. tāhāraof that
  4. taraṅga-bindua drop of a wave
  5. eka-binduone drop
  6. jagatthe whole world
  7. ḍubāyacan flood
  8. tri-jagatein the three worlds
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the contrast between a high hill and a single drop reveal about Kṛṣṇa’s beauty?

Practice

Spend one minute reflecting on the verse’s image of one drop from the ocean of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Beauty Overwhelms All ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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