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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 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 19.37 Antya 19.39

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.38

এই ব্রজের রমণী, কামার্কতপ্ত-কুমুদিনী, নিজ-করামৃত দিয়া দান ।

প্রফুল্লিত করে যেই, কাহাঁ মোর চন্দ্র সেই, দেখাহ, সখি, রাখ মোর প্রাণ ॥ ৩৮ ॥

ei vrajera ramaṇī, kāmārka-tapta-kumudinī,

nija-karāmṛta diyā dāna

praphullita kare yei, kāhāṅ mora candra sei,

dekhāha, sakhi, rākha mora prāṇa

Translation

“The women of Vṛndāvana are just like lilies growing hot in the sun of lusty desires. But moonlike Kṛṣṇa makes them all jubilant by bestowing upon them the nectar of His hands. O My dear friend, where is My moon now? Save My life by showing Him to Me!

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Moonlike Kṛṣṇa Brings Joy and Relief

1
The women of Vṛndāvana are compared to lilies growing hot in the sun of lusty desires.
2
Moonlike Kṛṣṇa makes them jubilant by bestowing upon them the nectar of His hands.
3
The speaker asks where Her moon has gone and begs Her friend to save Her life by showing Him to Her.

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:

After one such visit, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita returned to Purī with a sonnet that Advaita Ācārya had written. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read it, His ecstasy was so great that all the devotees feared that the Lord would very soon pass away.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

eithese
vrajera ramaṇīwomen of Vṛndāvana
kāma-arka-tapta-kumudinīexactly like lilies becoming very hot in the sun of lusty desire
nijaown
kara-amṛtanectar of the hands
diyāgiving
dānacharity
praphullitajubilant

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

How does the contrast between the hot sun and moonlike Kṛṣṇa convey His presence’s effect?

Practice

Write down the two contrasting images—heated lilies and moonlike Kṛṣṇa—and reread the line describing the joy He brings.

Live this todayMoonlike Kṛṣṇa Brings Joy and ReliefThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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