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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 18.104 Antya 18.106

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.105

খরমুজা, ক্ষীরিকা, তাল, কেশুর, পানীফল, মৃণাল, ব্বিল, পীলু, দাড়িম্বাদি যত ।

কোন দেশে কার খ্যাতি, বৃন্দাবনে সব-প্রাপ্তি, সহস্রজাতি, লেখা যায় কত? ॥ ১০৫ ॥

kharamujā, kṣīrikā, tāla, keśura, pānī-phala, mṛṇāla,

bilva, pīlu, dāḍimbādi yata

kona deśe kāra khyāti, vṛndāvane saba-prāpti,

sahasra-jāti, lekhā yāya kata?

Translation

“There were cantaloupes, kṣīrikās, palmfruits, keśuras, water fruits, lotus fruits, bels, pīlus, pomegranates and many others. Some of them are variously known in different places, but in Vṛndāvana all of them are always available in so many thousands of varieties that no one can fully describe them.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Vṛndāvana’s fruit varieties exceed full description

1
The fruits also included cantaloupes, kṣīrikās, palmfruits, keśuras, water fruits, lotus fruits, bels, pīlus and pomegranates.
2
Some of these fruits are known by different names in different places.
3
In Vṛndāvana, all of them are always available in thousands of varieties. Their abundance cannot be fully described.

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:

Thereafter, when the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external consciousness. Then they brought Him back to His own residence.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kharamujācantaloupe
kṣīrikākṣīrikā fruit
tālapalm or palmyra fruit
keśurakeśura fruit
pānī-phalaa fruit produced in the water of rivers
mṛṇālaa fruit from lotus flowers
bilvabel fruit
pīlua special fruit in 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What impression does the phrase “no one can fully describe them” leave with you?

Practice

Pause over the final sentence and reflect for a minute on the abundance described in Vṛndāvana.

Live this todayVṛndāvana’s fruit varieties exceed full descriptionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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