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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 19.72 Antya 19.74

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.73

নিরন্তর ঘুমায় শঙ্কর শীঘ্র-চেতন ।

বসি’ পাদ চাপি’ করে রাত্রি-জাগরণ ॥ ৭৩ ॥

nirantara ghumāya śaṅkara śīghra-cetana

vasi’ pāda cāpi’ kare rātri-jāgaraṇa

Translation

Śaṅkara Paṇḍita would always fall asleep, but he would quickly awaken, sit up and again begin massaging the legs of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In this way he would stay awake the entire night.

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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.

Returning Steadily to Loving Service

1
Śaṅkara Paṇḍita would fall asleep, but he would quickly awaken and sit up.
2
He would again begin massaging the legs of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Each awakening became a return to service.
3
In this way he kept watch through the night, repeatedly overcoming his sleepiness to serve the Lord.

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:

To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord. 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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

nirantaraincessantly
ghumāyasleeps
śaṅkaraŚaṅkara
śīghravery quickly
cetanawaking up
vasi’sitting
pāda cāpi’massaging the legs
karedoes
rātri-jāgaraṇakeeps awake at night

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “serve”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When my attention slips, how can I gently return to the service before me?

Practice

Return to one small act of service you left unfinished, and give it a few minutes of attentive care.

Live this todayReturning Steadily to Loving ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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