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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 20.131Antya 20.133

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.132

কৃষ্ণের শব্দ-গুণে প্রভুর মন আকর্ষিলা ।

“কাস্ত্র্যঙ্গ তে” শ্লোকের অর্থ আবেশে করিলা ॥ ১৩২ ॥

kṛṣṇera śabda-guṇe prabhura mana ākarṣilā

“kā stry aṅga te” ślokera artha āveśe karilā

Translation

That chapter also tells how the attributes of Kṛṣṇa’s sound attracted the mind of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who then described in ecstasy the meaning of the “kā stry aṅga te” verse.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Sound Attracts His Mind

  1. 1

    The attributes of Kṛṣṇa’s sound attracted the mind of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    He then described the meaning of the “kā stry aṅga te” verse.

  3. 3

    His explanation was given in ecstasy, linking His attraction to Kṛṣṇa’s sound with His expression of the verse’s meaning.

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:

For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  2. śabda-guṇeby the qualities of the sound
  3. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. manathe mind
  5. ākarṣilāwas attracted
  6. kā stry aṅga te ślokeraof the verse beginning with the words kā stry aṅga te
  7. arthathe meaning
  8. āveśein ecstasy
  9. karilādescribed
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the connection between His attraction to Kṛṣṇa’s sound and His explanation?

Practice

Read this translation aloud slowly and pause over the phrase “attracted the mind.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Sound Attracts His MindThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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