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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

Antya 18.101 Antya 18.103

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.102

বৃন্দাবনে তরুলতা, অদ্ভুত তাহার কথা, বারমাস ধরে ফুল-ফল ।

বৃন্দাবনে দেবীগণ, কুঞ্জদাসী যত জন, ফল পাড়ি’ আনিয়া সকল ॥ ১০২ ॥

vṛndāvane taru-latā, adbhuta tāhāra kathā,

bāra-māsa dhare phula-phala

vṛndāvane devī-gaṇa, kuñja-dāsī yata jana,

phala pāḍi’ āniyā sakala

Translation

“In Vṛndāvana, the trees and creepers are wonderful because throughout the entire year they produce all kinds of fruits and flowers. The gopīs and maidservants in the bowers of Vṛndāvana picked these fruits and flowers and brought them before Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Vṛndāvana’s abundance becomes service to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa

1
The trees and creepers of Vṛndāvana are wonderful because they produce all kinds of fruits and flowers throughout the year.
2
The gopīs and maidservants picked these fruits and flowers in the bowers of Vṛndāvana.
3
They brought what they gathered before Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.

The mood of Antya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Since the fisherman was afraid of being haunted by a ghost, Svarūpa Dāmodara gave him a slap and chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa, which immediately pacified him. Thereafter, when the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external consciousness.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

vṛndāvaneat Vṛndāvana
taru-latātrees and creepers
adbhutawonderful
tāhāra kathātheir story
bāra-māsatwelve months
dhareproduce
phula-phalafruits and flowers
vṛndāvaneat Vṛndāvana

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: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”
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: “rādhā”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gathered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does bringing the fruits and flowers before Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa give purpose to gathering them?

Practice

Read the verse once more, following the fruits and flowers from the trees and creepers to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayVṛndāvana’s abundance becomes service to Rādhā and KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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