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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 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 17.46Antya 17.48

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.47

যেবা লক্ষ্মী-ঠাকুরাণী, তেঁহো যে কাকলী শুনি’, কৃষ্ণ-পাশ আইসে প্রত্যাশায় ।

না পায় কৃষ্ণের সঙ্গ, বাড়ে তৃষ্ণা তরঙ্গ, তপ করে, তবু নাহি পায় ॥ ৪৭ ॥

yebā lakṣmī-ṭhākurāṇī, teṅho ye kākalī śuni’,

kṛṣṇa-pāśa āise pratyāśāya

nā pāya kṛṣṇera saṅga, bāḍe tṛṣṇā-taraṅga,

tapa kare, tabu nāhi pāya

Translation

“When she hears the vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute, even the goddess of fortune comes to Him, greatly hoping for His association, but nevertheless she does not get it. When the waves of thirst for His association increase, she performs austerities, but still she cannot meet Him.

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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.

Even Fortune’s Goddess Longs for Kṛṣṇa

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    Even the goddess of fortune is drawn to Kṛṣṇa by the vibration of His flute.

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    She comes with great hope for His association, yet she does not obtain it.

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    As her thirst for His association grows, she performs austerities. Still, she cannot meet Him.

How it feels

Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.

The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yebāeven
  2. lakṣmī-ṭhākurāṇīthe goddess of fortune
  3. teṅhoshe
  4. yewhich
  5. kākalīvibration of the flute
  6. śuni’hearing
  7. kṛṣṇa-pāśato Lord Kṛṣṇa
  8. āisecomes
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “association”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the goddess of fortune’s continued longing despite not obtaining Kṛṣṇa’s association?

Practice

Read the verse twice, noticing both her great hope and the fact that her austerities do not bring the meeting she desires.

Live this todayEven Fortune’s Goddess Longs for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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