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How to study this verse, in six steps

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 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 19.35 Antya 19.37

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.36

“ব্রজেন্দ্রকুল — দুগ্ধসিন্ধু, কৃষ্ণ তাহে পূর্ণ ইন্দু, জন্মি’ কৈলা জগৎ উজোর ।

কান্ত্যমৃত যেবা পিয়ে, নিরন্তর পিয় জিয়ে, ব্রজ-জনের নয়ন-চকোর ॥ ৩৬ ॥

“vrajendra-kula — dugdha-sindhu, kṛṣṇa tāhe pūrṇa indu,

janmi’ kailā jagat ujora

kānty-amṛta yebā piye, nirantara piyā jiye,

vraja-janera nayana-cakora

Translation

“The family of Mahārāja Nanda is just like an ocean of milk, wherein Lord Kṛṣṇa has arisen like the full moon to illuminate the entire universe. The eyes of the residents of Vraja are like cakora birds that continuously drink the nectar of His bodily luster and thus live peacefully.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Beauty Nourishes the Eyes of Vraja

1
Mahārāja Nanda’s family is compared to an ocean of milk.
2
Lord Kṛṣṇa has arisen within that family like the full moon, illuminating the entire universe.
3
The eyes of Vraja’s residents are compared to cakora birds. They continuously drink the nectar of His bodily luster and thus live peacefully.

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

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.

vrajendra-kulathe dynasty of Mahārāja Nanda in Vrajabhūmi
dugdha-sindhulike the ocean of milk
kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
tāhein that
pūrṇafull
indumoon
janmi’arising
kailāhas made

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: “vraja”, “nanda”, “vraja’s”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of eyes drinking nectar suggest about the residents’ delight in Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Pause for a minute to picture the verse’s image of Kṛṣṇa as a full moon illuminating the universe.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Beauty Nourishes the Eyes of VrajaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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