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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.137
অযোগ্য হঞা তাহা কেহ সদা পান করে ।
যোগ্য জন নাহি পায়, লোভে মাত্র মরে ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
ayogya hañā tāhā keha sadā pāna kare
yogya jana nāhi pāya, lobhe mātra mare
“There are persons who are unfit to drink that nectar but who nevertheless drink it continuously, whereas some who are suitable never get it and thus die of greed.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Some persons described as unfit nevertheless drink the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips continuously.
Others who are suitable never obtain it.
Their unfulfilled longing is so intense that they are described as dying of greed for it.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “longing”
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How does this contrast convey the pain of longing for Kṛṣṇa’s lip nectar?
Write down the verse’s contrast: some drink continuously, while others long for what they cannot obtain.
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