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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.136
যোগ্য হঞা কেহ করিতে না পায় পান ।
তথাপি সে নির্লজ্জ, বৃথা ধরে প্রাণ ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
yogya hañā keha karite nā pāya pāna
tathāpi se nirlajja, vṛthā dhare prāṇa
“When a person competent to drink that nectar does not do so, that shameless person continues his life uselessly.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse speaks of a person who is competent to drink the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips.
Despite being able to drink it, that person does not do so.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu strongly condemns this neglect, describing such a life as useless.
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
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this strong warning reveal about the value of that nectar?
Read this verse alongside the preceding one, noting the contrast between receiving the nectar and neglecting it.
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