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  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 20.132Antya 20.134

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.133

ভাব-শাবল্যে পুনঃ কৈলা প্রলপন ।

কর্ণামৃত-শ্লোকের অর্থ কৈলা বিবরণ ॥ ১৩৩ ॥

bhāva-śābalye punaḥ kailā pralapana

karṇāmṛta-ślokera artha kailā vivaraṇa

Translation

The seventeenth chapter also tells how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, due to the conjunction of various ecstatic emotions, again began speaking like a madman and described in detail the meaning of a verse from the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ecstatic Emotions Find Expression in Words

  1. 1

    The seventeenth chapter describes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s various ecstatic emotions coming together.

  2. 2

    Under their influence, He again began speaking like a madman. The account connects His speech with these ecstatic emotions.

  3. 3

    He described in detail the meaning of a verse from the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.

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. bhāva-śābalyefrom the aggregate of all ecstatic emotions
  2. punaḥagain
  3. kailā pralapanaHe talked like a madman
  4. karṇāmṛtaślokeraof a verse from Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta
  5. arthathe meaning
  6. kailā vivaraṇadescribed in detail
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “together”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the mention of ecstatic emotions help me understand His unusual speech?

Practice

Reread the translation and note the connection between His emotions and His explanation of the verse.

Live this todayEcstatic Emotions Find Expression in WordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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