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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 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 19.102Antya 19.104

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.103

অলৌকিক কৃষ্ণলীলা, দিব্যশক্তি তার ।

তর্কের গোচর নহে চরিত্র যাহার ॥ ১০৩ ॥

alaukika kṛṣṇa-līlā, divya-śakti tāra

tarkera gocara nahe caritra yāhāra

Translation

The pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa are uncommonly full of transcendental potency. It is a characteristic of such pastimes that they do not fall within the jurisdiction of experimental logic and arguments.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Surpass Experimental Logic

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes are uncommonly full of transcendental potency.

  2. 2

    They do not fall within the jurisdiction of experimental logic.

  3. 3

    Arguments cannot contain or fully account for these pastimes. This is described as a characteristic of their transcendental nature.

How it feels

Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.

The mood of Antya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. alaukikauncommon
  2. kṛṣṇa-līlāpastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  3. divya-śaktitranscendental potency
  4. tāraof that
  5. tarkeraof argument
  6. gocarawithin the purview
  7. naheis not
  8. caritrathe characteristics
  9. yāhāraof which
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might recognizing the limits of experimental logic change your approach to Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes?

Practice

Reread this verse and pause to acknowledge the limits of your present understanding.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Pastimes Surpass Experimental LogicThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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