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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 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
Antya 18.98Antya 18.100

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.99

অতিশয়োক্তি, বিরোধাভাস, দুই অলঙ্কার প্রকাশ, করি’ কৃষ্ণ প্রকট দেখাইল ।

যাহা করি’ আস্বাদন, আনন্দিত মোর মন, নেত্র-কর্ণ-যুগ্ম জুড়াইল ॥ ৯৯ ॥

atiśayokti, virodhābhāsa, dui alaṅkāra prakāśa,

kari’ kṛṣṇa prakaṭa dekhāila

yāhā kari’ āsvādana, ānandita mora mana,

netra-karṇa-yugma juḍāila

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “In His pastimes, Kṛṣṇa displayed the two ornaments of hyperbole and reverse analogy. Tasting them brought gladness to My mind and fully satisfied My ears and eyes.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes bring gladness and satisfaction

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes hyperbole and reverse analogy as two ornaments displayed in Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

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    Tasting these ornaments brought gladness to His mind.

  3. 3

    He says that these pastimes fully satisfied His ears and eyes.

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

Further reading

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.

  1. atiśaya-uktiexaggerated language
  2. virodha-ābhāsaincongruent analogy
  3. dui alaṅkāratwo metaphors
  4. prakāśamanifestations
  5. kari’making
  6. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  7. prakaṭaexhibited
  8. dekhāilashowed
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the joy Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu expresses here?

Practice

Read this verse aloud slowly, pausing over the words about gladness and satisfaction.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s pastimes bring gladness and satisfactionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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