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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 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.27

কর্ণামৃত, বিদ্যাপতি, শ্রীগীতগোবিন্দ ।

ইহার শ্লোক-গীতে প্রভুর করায় আনন্দ ॥ ২৭ ॥

karṇāmṛta, vidyāpati, śrī-gīta-govinda

ihāra śloka-gīte prabhura karāya ānanda

Translation

The Lord especially liked to hear Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, the poetry of Vidyāpati, and Śrī Gīta-govinda, by Jayadeva Gosvāmī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great pleasure in His heart when His associates chanted verses and sang songs from these books.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Poetry Gives the Lord Pleasure

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    The Lord especially liked hearing Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta and the poetry of Vidyāpati.

  2. 2

    He also especially liked Śrī Gīta-govinda, by Jayadeva Gosvāmī.

  3. 3

    When His associates chanted verses and sang songs from these books, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great pleasure in His heart.

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:

Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from the Gīta-govinda just suitable to the Lord’s emotions. Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. karṇāmṛtathe book Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta
  2. vidyāpatithe author Vidyāpati
  3. śrī-gīta-govindathe book Śrī Gīta-govinda, by Jayadeva Gosvāmī
  4. ihāraof these
  5. śloka-gīteverses and songs
  6. prabhurafor Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. karāyacreate
  8. ānandahappiness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanted”

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

What does this verse reveal about the Lord’s pleasure in hearing devotional poetry?

Practice

Write down the three works or bodies of poetry the Lord especially liked to hear.

Live this todayDevotional Poetry Gives the Lord PleasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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