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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 16.147Antya 16.149

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.148

নিজাঙ্কুরে পুলকিত, পুষ্পে হাস্য বিকশিত, মধু-মিষে বহে অশ্রুধার ।

বেণুরে মানি’ নিজ-জাতি, আর্যের যেন পুত্র-নাতি, ‘বৈষ্ণব’ হৈলে আনন্দ-বিকার ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

nijāṅkure pulakita, puṣpe hāsya vikasita,

madhu-miṣe vahe aśru-dhāra

veṇure māni’ nija-jāti, āryera yena putra-nāti,

‘vaiṣṇava’ haile ānanda-vikāra

Translation

“ ‘The trees on the bank of the Yamunā and Ganges are always jubilant. They appear to be smiling with their flowers and shedding tears in the form of flowing honey. Just as the forefathers of a Vaiṣṇava son or grandson feel transcendental bliss, the trees feel blissful because the flute is a member of their family.’

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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.

The Trees Rejoice in the Flute’s Fortune

  1. 1

    The trees on the banks of the Yamunā and Ganges are always jubilant.

  2. 2

    Their flowers appear like smiles, and their flowing honey appears like tears of joy.

  3. 3

    The trees feel bliss because the flute belongs to their family. Their joy is compared to the transcendental bliss felt by the forefathers of a Vaiṣṇava son or grandson.

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:

He later became the greatest poet among the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nija-aṅkureby their buds
  2. pulakitajubilant
  3. puṣpeby flowers
  4. hāsyasmiling
  5. vikasitaexhibited
  6. madhu-miṣeby the oozing of honey
  7. vaheflows
  8. aśru-dhārashowers of tears
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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: “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I learn to rejoice in another’s connection with Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Reread the description of the flowers and honey, pausing to picture the trees’ joy in the flute’s good fortune.

Live this todayThe Trees Rejoice in the Flute’s FortuneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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