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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 16.129Antya 16.131

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.130

অধরের এই রীতি, আর শুন কুনীতি, সে অধর-সনে যার মেলা ।

সেই ভক্ষ্য-ভোজ্য-পান, হয় অমৃত-সমান, নাম তার হয় ‘কৃষ্ণ-ফেলা’ ॥ ১৩০ ॥

adharera ei rīti, āra śuna kunīti,

se adhara-sane yāra melā

sei bhakṣya-bhojya-pāna, haya amṛta-samāna,

nāma tāra haya ‘kṛṣṇa-phelā’

Translation

“Such is the policy of these lips. Just consider some other injustices. Everything that touches those lips — including food, drink or betel — becomes just like nectar. It is then called kṛṣṇa-phelā, or remnants left by Kṛṣṇa.

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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 Touch Makes His Remnants Nectar

  1. 1

    The speaker continues describing the policy of Kṛṣṇa’s lips, presenting their effects as further injustices.

  2. 2

    Everything that touches His lips, including food, drink or betel, becomes just like nectar.

  3. 3

    These remnants left by Kṛṣṇa are called kṛṣṇa-phelā.

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. adhareraof the lips
  2. eithis
  3. rītipolicy
  4. āraother
  5. śunahear
  6. kunītiinjustices
  7. sethose
  8. adharalips
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

According to this verse, what makes Kṛṣṇa’s remnants like nectar?

Practice

Write down “kṛṣṇa-phelā” with its meaning, “remnants left by Kṛṣṇa,” and reread the verse once.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Touch Makes His Remnants NectarThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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