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4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
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 16.141 Antya 16.143

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.142

এহো ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন, ব্রজের কোন কন্যাগণ, অবশ্য করিব পরিণয় ।

সে-সম্বন্ধে গোপীগণ, যারে মানে নিজধন, সে সুধা অন্যের লভ্য নয় ॥ ১৪২ ॥

eho vrajendra-nandana, vrajera kona kanyā-gaṇa,

avaśya kariba pariṇaya

se-sambandhe gopī-gaṇa, yāre māne nija-dhana,

se sudhā anyera labhya naya

Translation

“Some gopīs said to other gopīs, ‘Just see the astonishing pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vrajendra! He will certainly marry all the gopīs of Vṛndāvana. Therefore, the gopīs know for certain that the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips is their own property and cannot be enjoyed by anyone else.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Gopīs’ Loving Claim

1
The gopīs called one another to notice the astonishing pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vrajendra.
2
They expressed certainty that He would marry all the gopīs of Vṛndāvana.
3
For this reason, they regarded the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips as their own property, not to be enjoyed by anyone else.

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.

ehothis
vrajendra-nandanathe son of Nanda Mahārāja
vrajeraof Vṛndāvana
konaany
kanyā-gaṇagopīs
avaśyacertainly
kariba pariṇayawill marry
se-sambandhein that connection

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: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this loving claim reveal about the gopīs’ longing for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write one sentence describing the connection between the gopīs’ expectation of marriage and their claim to the nectar.

Live this todayThe Gopīs’ Loving ClaimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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