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Antya-līlā · Chapter 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Antya 16.124 Antya 16.126

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.125

বেণু ধৃষ্ট-পুরুষ হঞা, পুরুষাধর পিয়া পিয়া, গোপীগণে জানায় নিজ-পান ।

‘অহো শুন, গোপীগণ, বলে পিঙো তোমার ধন, তোমার যদি থাকে অভিমান ॥ ১২৫ ॥

veṇu dhṛṣṭa-puruṣa hañā, puruṣādhara piyā piyā,

gopī-gaṇe jānāya nija-pāna

aho śuna, gopī-gaṇa, bale piṅo tomāra dhana,

tomāra yadi thāke abhimāna

Translation

“That flute is a very cunning male who drinks again and again the taste of another male’s lips. It advertises its qualities and says to the gopīs, ‘O gopīs, if you are so proud of being women, come forward and enjoy your property — the nectar of the lips of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.’

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Flute Challenges the Gopīs

1
The flute is described as a cunning male who repeatedly drinks the taste of another male’s lips.
2
It advertises its own qualities and challenges the gopīs, who are proud of being women.
3
It invites them to enjoy what it calls their property: the nectar of the lips of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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

Learn the words of the verse.

veṇuthe flute
dhṛṣṭa-puruṣaa cunning male
hañābeing
puruṣa-adharathe lips of the male
piyā piyādrinking and drinking
gopī-gaṇeunto the gopīs
jānāyainforms
nija-pānaown drinking

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: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the flute’s challenge express its rivalry with the gopīs?

Practice

Reread the flute’s invitation and note whom the verse identifies as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Live this todayThe Flute Challenges the GopīsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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