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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 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
Antya 19.112Antya 20.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.1

প্রেমোদ্ভাবিতহর্ষের্ষ্যোদ্বেগদৈন্যার্তিমিশ্রিতম্ ।

লপিতং গৌরচন্দ্রস্য ভাগ্যবদ্ভির্নিষেব্যতে ॥ ১ ॥

premodbhāvita-harṣerṣyod-

vega-dainyārti-miśritam

lapitaṁ gauracandrasya

bhāgyavadbhir niṣevyate

Translation

Only the most fortunate will relish the mad words of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, which were mixed with jubilation, envy, agitation, submissiveness and grief, all produced by ecstatic loving emotions.

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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.

Fortunate Readers Relish Words of Ecstatic Love

  1. 1

    Only the most fortunate relish the mad words of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    His words were mixed with jubilation, envy, agitation, submissiveness and grief.

  3. 3

    These varied emotions were all produced by ecstatic love.

How it feels

Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.

The mood of Antya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

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

In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions. For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prema-udbhāvitaproduced from ecstatic love and emotion
  2. harṣajubilation
  3. īrṣyāenvy
  4. udvegaagitation
  5. dainyasubmissiveness
  6. ārtigrief
  7. miśritammixed with
  8. lapitamtalks like those of a crazy man
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that these words arise from ecstatic love shape your approach to reading them?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, pausing over the phrase “ecstatic loving emotions.”

Live this todayFortunate Readers Relish Words of Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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