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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 16.50Antya 16.52

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.51

প্রতিদিন তাঁরে প্রভু করেন নমস্কার ।

নমস্করি’ এই শ্লোক পড়ে বারবার ॥ ৫১ ॥

prati-dina tāṅre prabhu karena namaskāra

namaskari’ ei śloka paḍe bāra-bāra

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, His left side toward the Deity, offered obeisances to Lord Nṛsiṁha as He proceeded toward the temple. He recited the following verses again and again while offering obeisances.

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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.

Offer Obeisances With Repeated Prayer

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offered obeisances to Lord Nṛsiṁha while proceeding toward the temple.

  2. 2

    His left side was toward the Deity as He offered His respects.

  3. 3

    He recited the following prayers again and again while offering obeisances.

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 the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī, a gentleman named Kālidāsa, who was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, went with them to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prati-dinaevery day
  2. tāṅreunto the Deity of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. karenadoes
  5. namaskāraobeisances
  6. namaskari’offering obeisances
  7. ei ślokathese verses
  8. paḍerecites
  9. bāra-bāraagain and again
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I give more attention to the prayers I repeat?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Lord Nṛsiṁha and slowly repeat a line from the prayers that follow.

Live this todayOffer Obeisances With Repeated PrayerThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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