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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 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Antya 16.116Antya 16.118

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.117

সুরতবর্ধনং শোকনাশনং, স্বরিতবেণুনা সুষ্ঠুচুম্বিতম্ ।

ইতররাগবিস্মারণং নৃণাং, বিতর বীর নস্তেঽধরামৃতম্ ॥ ১১৭ ॥

surata-vardhanaṁ śoka-nāśanaṁ

svarita-veṇunā suṣṭhu-cumbitam

itara-rāga-vismāraṇaṁ nṛṇāṁ

vitara vīra nas te ’dharāmṛtam

Translation

“ ‘O hero of charity, please deliver unto us the nectar of Your lips. That nectar increases lusty desires for enjoyment and diminishes lamentation in the material world. Kindly give us the nectar of Your lips, which are touched by Your transcendentally vibrating flute, for that nectar makes all human beings forget all other attachments.’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Divine Nectar Makes Other Attachments Fade

  1. 1

    The speakers address the Lord as the hero of charity and ask for the nectar of His lips. The purport identifies this prayer as a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

  2. 2

    That nectar increases lusty desires for enjoyment and diminishes lamentation in the material world.

  3. 3

    His lips are touched by His transcendentally vibrating flute. Their nectar makes human beings forget all other attachments.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 16.117 quotesSB 10.31.14

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.31.14).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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. surata-vardhanamwhich increases the lusty desire for enjoyment
  2. śoka-nāśanamwhich vanquishes all lamentation
  3. svarita-veṇunāby the vibrating flute
  4. suṣṭhunicely
  5. cumbitamtouched
  6. itara-rāga-vismāraṇamwhich causes forgetfulness of all other attachment
  7. nṛṇāmof the human beings
  8. vitaraplease deliver
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lamentation”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “deliver”

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 prayer reveal about the power of attraction to the Lord?

Practice

Read this prayer once today and pause over its request for the nectar that makes other attachments forgotten.

Live this todayDivine Nectar Makes Other Attachments FadeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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