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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 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 17.59Antya 17.61

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.60

হা হা কৃষ্ণ প্রাণধন, হা হা পদ্মলোচন, হা হা দিব্য সদ্গুণ-সাগর ! হা হা শ্যামসুন্দর, হা হা পীতাম্বরধর, হা হা রাসবিলাস নাগর ॥ ৬০ ॥

hā hā kṛṣṇa prāṇa-dhana, hā hā padma-locana,

hā hā divya sad-guṇa-sāgara!

hā hā śyāma-sundara, hā hā pītāmbara-dhara,

hā hā rāsa-vilāsa nāgara

Translation

“Alas! Where is Kṛṣṇa, the treasure of My life? Where is the lotus-eyed one? Alas! Where is the divine ocean of all transcendental qualities? Alas! Where is the beautiful blackish youth dressed in yellow garments? Alas! Where is the hero of the rāsa dance?

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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.

Calling for Kṛṣṇa, Life’s Treasure

  1. 1

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī searches for Kṛṣṇa, calling Him the treasure of Her life and the lotus-eyed one.

  2. 2

    She calls Him the divine ocean of all transcendental qualities.

  3. 3

    She longs for the beautiful blackish youth dressed in yellow garments, the hero of the rāsa dance. Her repeated cries express Her longing to find 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. hā hāalas
  2. kṛṣṇaO Kṛṣṇa
  3. prāṇa-dhanathe treasure of My life
  4. hā hāalas
  5. padma-locanathe lotus-eyed one
  6. hā hāalas
  7. divyadivine
  8. sat-guṇa-sāgaraocean of transcendental attributes
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rāsa”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “longing”

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

Which description of Kṛṣṇa in this verse most draws your attention, and why?

Practice

Choose one description of Kṛṣṇa from this verse and read it aloud slowly.

Live this todayCalling for Kṛṣṇa, Life’s TreasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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