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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 16.132 Antya 16.134

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.133

এসব — তোমার কুটিনাটি, ছাড় এই পরিপাটী, বেণুদ্বারে কাঁহে হর’ প্রাণ ।

আপনার হাসি লাগি’, নহ নারীর বধভাগী, দেহ’ নিজাধরামৃত-দান ।।” ১৩৩ ।। ॥ ১৩৩ ॥

e-saba — tomāra kuṭināṭi, chāḍa ei paripāṭī,

veṇu-dvāre kāṅhe hara’ prāṇa

āpanāra hāsi lāgi’, naha nārīra vadha-bhāgī,

deha’ nijādharāmṛta-dāna”

Translation

“Therefore, My dear Kṛṣṇa, please give up all the tricks You have set up so expertly. Do not try to kill the life of the gopīs with the vibration of Your flute. Because of Your joking and laughing, You are becoming responsible for the killing of women. It would be better for You to satisfy us by giving us the charity of the nectar of Your lips.”

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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.

A Plea for Kṛṣṇa’s Lip Nectar

1
The speaker asks Kṛṣṇa to give up His expertly arranged tricks.
2
The flute’s vibration, together with Kṛṣṇa’s joking and laughing, is described as threatening the lives of the gopīs.
3
The plea is for Kṛṣṇa to satisfy them by giving the nectar of His lips as charity.

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.

e-sabaall these
tomāraYour
kuṭināṭitricks
chāḍagive up
eithese
paripāṭīvery expert activities
veṇu-dvāreby the flute
kāṅhewhy

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”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this urgent plea express the gopīs’ longing for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the final sentence aloud once, noticing its appeal for Kṛṣṇa’s gift.

Live this todayA Plea for Kṛṣṇa’s Lip NectarThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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