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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

Antya 20.13 Antya 20.15

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.14

কৃষ্ণপ্রেমোদ্গম, প্রেমামৃত-আস্বাদন ।

কৃষ্ণপ্রাপ্তি, সেবামৃত-সমুদ্রে মজ্জন ॥ ১৪ ॥

kṛṣṇa-premodgama, premāmṛta-āsvādana

kṛṣṇa-prāpti, sevāmṛta-samudre majjana

Translation

“The result of chanting is that one awakens his love for Kṛṣṇa and tastes transcendental bliss. Ultimately, one attains the association of Kṛṣṇa and engages in His devotional service, as if immersing himself in a great ocean of love.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Chanting Leads to an Ocean of Love

1
The result of chanting is the awakening of love for Kṛṣṇa.
2
Through chanting, one tastes transcendental bliss.
3
Ultimately, one attains Kṛṣṇa’s association and engages in His devotional service. This is like immersion in a great ocean of 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

Antya 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

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

Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Antya 20

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kṛṣṇa-prema-udgamaawakening of love for Kṛṣṇa
prema-amṛta-āsvādanatasting of the transcendental bliss of love for Kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa-prāptiattainment of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa
sevā-amṛtaof the nectar of service
samudrein the ocean
majjanaimmersing

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: “love for krsna”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can Kṛṣṇa’s association and devotional service become the aim of my chanting?

Practice

Before chanting today, pause and remember that its goal is love for Kṛṣṇa and service to Him.

Live this todayChanting Leads to an Ocean of LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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