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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.130
মহাপ্রসাদের তাহাঁ মহিমা বর্ণিলা ।
কৃষ্ণাধরামৃতের ফল-শ্লোক আস্বাদিলা ॥ ১৩০ ॥
mahā-prasādera tāhāṅ mahimā varṇilā
kṛṣṇādharāmṛtera phala-śloka āsvādilā
Also in that chapter, the glories of mahā-prasādam are explained, and a verse is tasted describing the effect of nectar from the lips of Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The chapter explains the glories of mahā-prasādam.
It also describes the tasting of a verse about nectar from the lips of Kṛṣṇa.
That verse describes the effect of this nectar, drawing attention to its sweetness.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the Lord’s disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives a short description of the entire Antya-līlā and then ends his book.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might you approach these descriptions with appreciation rather than merely gathering information?
Read the translation slowly, pausing to appreciate its words about mahā-prasādam.
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