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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 20.134Antya 20.136

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.135

তাহাঁই দেখিলা কৃষ্ণের বন্য-ভোজন ।

জালিয়া উঠাইল, প্রভু আইলা স্ব-ভবন ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

tāhāṅi dekhilā kṛṣṇera vanya-bhojana

jāliyā uṭhāila, prabhu āilā sva-bhavana

Translation

In that dream, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Kṛṣṇa’s picnic in the forest. As Lord Caitanya floated in the sea, a fisherman caught Him, and then the Lord returned to His own residence. All this is recounted in the eighteenth chapter.

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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.

The Dream Continues with Kṛṣṇa’s Picnic

  1. 1

    In the same dream, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Kṛṣṇa’s picnic in the forest.

  2. 2

    While Lord Caitanya floated in the sea, a fisherman caught Him.

  3. 3

    The Lord then returned to His own residence. These events are recounted in the eighteenth chapter.

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:

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāhāṅithere
  2. dekhilāHe saw
  3. kṛṣṇeraof Kṛṣṇa
  4. vanya-bhojanaa picnic in the forest
  5. jāliyāa fisherman
  6. uṭhāilacaught Him
  7. prabhuthe Lord
  8. āilāreturned
  9. sva-bhavanato His own residence
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I distinguish what the Lord saw in His dream from what happened as He floated in the sea?

Practice

Write one sentence recalling the picnic, the fisherman, and the Lord’s return.

Live this todayThe Dream Continues with Kṛṣṇa’s PicnicThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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