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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 16.118Antya 16.120

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.119

ব্রজাতুলকুলাঙ্গনেতর-রসালিতৃষ্ণাহর- প্রদীব্যদধরামৃতঃ সুকৃতিলভ্য-ফেলা-লবঃ ।

সুধাজিদহিবল্লিকা-সুদলবীটিকা-চর্বিতঃ স মে মদনমোহনঃ সখি তনোতি জিহ্বা-স্পৃহাম্ ॥ ১১৯ ॥

vrajātula-kulāṅganetara-rasāli-tṛṣṇā-hara-

pradīvyad-adharāmṛtaḥ sukṛti-labhya-phelā-lavaḥ

sudhā-jid-ahivallikā-sudala-vīṭikā-carvitaḥ

sa me madana-mohanaḥ sakhi tanoti jihvā-spṛhām

Translation

“ ‘My dear friend, the all-surpassing nectar from the lips of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, can be obtained only after many, many pious activities. For the beautiful gopīs of Vṛndāvana, that nectar vanquishes the desire for all other tastes. Madana-mohana always chews pan that surpasses the nectar of heaven. He is certainly increasing the desires of My tongue.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Nectar Surpasses All Other Tastes

  1. 1

    The all-surpassing nectar of the lips of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is obtained only after many, many pious activities.

  2. 2

    For the beautiful gopīs of Vṛndāvana, this nectar vanquishes the desire for all other tastes.

  3. 3

    Madana-mohana chews pan that surpasses the nectar of heaven and increases the speaker’s longing to taste. The purport identifies the verse as coming from Govinda-līlāmṛta.

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. vrajaof Vṛndāvana
  2. atulaincomparable
  3. kula-aṅganāof the gopīs
  4. itaraother
  5. rasa-ālifor tastes or mellows
  6. tṛṣṇādesire
  7. haravanquishing
  8. pradīvyatall-surpassing
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”

  • 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”

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 the disappearance of desire for other tastes suggest about this nectar?

Practice

Spend a minute reflecting on the phrase “vanquishes the desire for all other tastes.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Nectar Surpasses All Other TastesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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