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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 16.150Antya 17.1

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.151

স্বরূপ, রূপ, সনাতন, রঘুনাথের শ্রীচরণ, শিরে ধরি’ করি যার আশ ।

চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত, অমৃত হৈতে পরামৃত, গায় দীনহীন কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ১৫১ ॥

svarūpa, rūpa, sanātana, raghunāthera śrī-caraṇa,

śire dhari’ kari yāra āśa

caitanya-caritāmṛta, amṛta haite parāmṛta,

gāya dīna-hīna kṛṣṇadāsa

Translation

Expecting the mercy of Svarūpa, Rūpa, Sanātana and Raghunātha dāsa, and taking their lotus feet on my head, I, the most fallen Kṛṣṇadāsa, continue chanting the epic Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, which is sweeter than the nectar of transcendental bliss.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Continue Chanting with Humility and Hope

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇadāsa expects the mercy of Svarūpa, Rūpa, Sanātana and Raghunātha dāsa, taking their lotus feet upon his head.

  2. 2

    Calling himself the most fallen, he continues chanting Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, which he describes as sweeter than the nectar of transcendental bliss.

  3. 3

    The closing purport identifies the chapter’s subject as the nectar flowing from Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s lotus lips.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, sixteenth chapter, describing the nectar flowing from Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s lotus lips.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svarūpaSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  2. rūpaŚrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
  3. sanātanaSanātana Gosvāmī
  4. raghunātheraof Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
  5. śrī-caraṇathe lotus feet
  6. śireon the head
  7. dhari’taking
  8. kari yāra āśahoping for their mercy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “fallen”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanting”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can Kṛṣṇadāsa’s humility and hope for mercy shape my study of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta?

Practice

Read this verse aloud, pausing over Kṛṣṇadāsa’s expression of humility and his hope for mercy.

Live this todayContinue Chanting with Humility and HopeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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