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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 16.121-122Antya 16.124

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.123

আছুক নারীর কায, কহিতে বাসিয়ে লাজ, তোমার অধর বড় ধৃষ্ট-রায় ।

পুরুষে করে আকর্ষণ, আপনা পিয়াইতে মন, অন্যরস সব পাসরায় ॥ ১২৩ ॥

āchuka nārīra kāya, kahite vāsiye lāja,

tomāra adhara baḍa dhṛṣṭa-rāya

puruṣe kare ākarṣaṇa, āpanā piyāite mana,

anya-rasa saba pāsarāya

Translation

“My dear Kṛṣṇa, since You are a male, it is not very extraordinary that the attraction of Your lips can disturb the minds of women. But I am ashamed to say that Your impudent lips sometimes attract even Your flute, which is also considered a male. It likes to drink the nectar of Your lips, and thus it also forgets all other tastes.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Lips Make Other Tastes Forgotten

  1. 1

    The speaker tells Kṛṣṇa that His lips disturb the minds of women by their attraction.

  2. 2

    She expresses shame that His lips attract even His flute, which is also considered male.

  3. 3

    The flute enjoys the nectar of His lips so deeply that it forgets all other tastes.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āchukalet it be
  2. nārīraof women
  3. kāyathe bodies
  4. kahiteto speak
  5. vāsiyeI feel
  6. lājashame
  7. tomāraYour
  8. adharalips
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the flute’s forgetting all other tastes convey about the attraction of Kṛṣṇa’s lips?

Practice

Read the verse slowly today, pausing over the words “forgets all other tastes.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Lips Make Other Tastes ForgottenThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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