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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 16.117 Antya 16.119

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.118

শ্লোক শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু মহাতুষ্ট হৈলা ।

রাধার উৎকণ্ঠা-শ্লোক পড়িতে লাগিলা ॥ ১১৮ ॥

śloka śuni’ mahāprabhu mahā-tuṣṭa hailā

rādhāra utkaṇṭhā-śloka paḍite lāgilā

Translation

Upon hearing Rāmānanda Rāya quote this verse, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very satisfied. Then He recited the following verse, which had been spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in great anxiety.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing Devotional Poetry Brings Deep Satisfaction

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very satisfied to hear Rāmānanda Rāya quote the verse.
2
He then recited another verse Himself.
3
That verse had been spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in great anxiety, giving expression to Her intense longing.

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

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.

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Word for word

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śloka śuni’hearing the verse
mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
mahā-tuṣṭavery satisfied
hailābecame
rādhāraof Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
utkaṇṭhā-ślokaa verse pertaining to the anxiety
paḍite lāgilābegan to recite

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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: “longing”

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Practice

Before reading the following verse, pause to remember Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s great anxiety.

Live this todayHearing Devotional Poetry Brings Deep SatisfactionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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