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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.116

প্রেমাবেশে মহাপ্রভু যবে আজ্ঞা দিলা ।

রামানন্দ-রায় শ্লোক পড়িতে লাগিলা ॥ ১১৬ ॥

premāveśe mahāprabhu yabe ājñā dilā

rāmānanda-rāya śloka paḍite lāgilā

Translation

In ecstatic love, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Rāmānanda Rāya to recite some verses. Thus Rāmānanda Rāya spoke as follows.

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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.

Devotional Verses Give Expression to Love

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was in ecstatic love.

  2. 2

    He ordered Rāmānanda Rāya to recite some verses.

  3. 3

    Rāmānanda Rāya responded by speaking the verse that follows.

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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate the remnants of food known as vallabha-bhoga, He described the glories of such remnants of the Lord’s food and then fed all the devotees the prasādam. Thus they all tasted adharāmṛta, the nectar from the lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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. prema-āveśein ecstatic love
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. yabewhen
  4. ājñā dilāordered
  5. rāmānanda-rāyaRāmānanda Rāya
  6. ślokaverses
  7. paḍite lāgilābegan to recite
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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”

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

How might attentive hearing help you appreciate the devotion expressed in these verses?

Practice

Read the next verse aloud slowly, attending to the longing it expresses.

Live this todayDevotional Verses Give Expression to LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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