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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.
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  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 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Antya 15.99Antya 16.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.1

বন্দে শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্যং কৃষ্ণভাবামৃতং হি যঃ ।

আস্বাদ্যাস্বাদয়ন্ ভক্তান্ প্রেমদীক্ষামশিক্ষয়ৎ ॥ ১ ॥

vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ

kṛṣṇa-bhāvāmṛtaṁ hi yaḥ

āsvādyāsvādayan bhaktān

prema-dīkṣām aśikṣayat

Translation

Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who personally tasted the nectar of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa and then instructed His devotees how to taste it. Thus He enlightened them about ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa to initiate them into transcendental knowledge.

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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.

Receiving the Gift of Love for Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The author offers respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally tasted the nectar of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. He then taught His devotees how to taste it.

  3. 3

    By enlightening His devotees about ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa, He initiated them into transcendental knowledge.

How it feels

Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.

The mood of Antya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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

When the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī, a gentleman named Kālidāsa, who was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, went with them to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vandeI offer my respectful obeisances
  2. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyamunto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. kṛṣṇa-bhāva-amṛtamthe nectar of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa
  4. hicertainly
  5. yaḥHe who
  6. āsvādyatasting
  7. āsvādayancausing to taste
  8. bhaktānthe devotees
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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 of krsna”, “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally tasted what He taught deepen your interest in His instruction?

Practice

Offer a respectful prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, asking to learn about love for Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayReceiving the Gift of Love for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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