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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 20.142-143Antya 20.147

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 20.144-146

শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য, শ্রীযুত নিত্যানন্দ ।

শ্রীঅদ্বৈত-আচার্য, শ্রীগৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ১৪৪ ॥

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya, śrī-yuta nityānanda

śrī-advaita-ācārya, śrī-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

Translation

So that my desires may be fulfilled, I place the lotus feet of these personalities on my head: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with Lord Nityānanda, Advaita Ācārya and Their devotees, as well as Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, who is my spiritual master, and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor the Lord, devotees, and spiritual master

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    Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī places the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Lord Nityānanda, Advaita Ācārya, and Their devotees on his head.

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    He also honors Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, seeking the fulfillment of his desires.

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    The purport explains that Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was his instructing spiritual master. He is therefore described as śrī-guru.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was the instructing spiritual master of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī and has therefore been described as śrī-guru.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka prayers in the company of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. 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.
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. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. śrī-yuta nityānandaLord Nityānanda
  3. śrī-advaita-ācāryaŚrī Advaita Prabhu
  4. śrī-gaura-bhakta-vṛndathe devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. śrī-svarūpaSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  6. śrī-rūpaŚrī Rūpa Gosvāmī
  7. śrī-sanātanaŚrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī
  8. śrī-guruthe spiritual master
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the author's honoring of his instructing spiritual master shape your understanding of gratitude?

Practice

Before reading today, pause to offer respect to the Lord and devotees named in this verse.

Live this todayHonor the Lord, devotees, and spiritual masterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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