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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 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Antya 16.102Antya 16.104

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.103

বাহ্য-কৃত্য করেন, প্রেমে গরগর মন ।

কষ্টে সম্বরণ করেন, আবেশ সঘন ॥ ১০৩ ॥

bāhya-kṛtya karena, preme garagara mana

kaṣṭe samvaraṇa karena, āveśa saghana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His external activities, but His mind was filled with ecstatic love. With great difficulty He tried to restrain His mind, but it would always be overwhelmed by very deep ecstasy.

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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.

Outward Activities, Inward Ecstatic Love

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued to perform His external activities.

  2. 2

    Within, His mind was filled with ecstatic love.

  3. 3

    He tried with great difficulty to restrain His mind, but very deep ecstasy repeatedly overwhelmed it.

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 Kavi-karṇapūra was only seven years old, he was initiated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. He later became the greatest poet among the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bāhya-kṛtyaexternal activities
  2. karenaperforms
  3. premein ecstatic love
  4. garagarafilled
  5. manamind
  6. kaṣṭewith great difficulty
  7. samvaraṇa karenarestricts
  8. āveśaecstasy
  9. saghanavery deep
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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: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the contrast between His outward activities and inward love help you appreciate?

Practice

Spend a minute reflecting on the words “His mind was filled with ecstatic love,” without trying to reproduce that experience.

Live this todayOutward Activities, Inward Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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