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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 20.156

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.157

মত্প্রাণসর্বস্বপদাব্জরেণো- র্মদীশ্বরী-শ্রীযুতরাধিকায়াঃ ।

প্রাণোরুসর্বস্বপদাব্জরেণুং শ্রীশ্রীল-গোবিন্দমহং প্রপদ্যে ॥ ১৫৭ ॥

śāke sindhv-agni-vāṇendau

jyaiṣṭhe vṛndāvanāntare

sūryāhe ’sita-pañcamyāṁ

grantho ’yaṁ pūrṇatāṁ gataḥ

Translation

In Vṛndāvana in the year 1537 Śakābda Era [A.D 1615], in the month of Jyaiṣṭha [May-June], on Sunday, the fifth day of the waning moon, this Caitanya-caritāmṛta has been completed.

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Completion of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta

  1. 1

    Caitanya-caritāmṛta was completed in Vṛndāvana in 1537 Śakābda Era, or A.D. 1615.

  2. 2

    The author records the month as Jyaiṣṭha, or May–June, and the day as Sunday, the fifth day of the waning moon.

  3. 3

    The purport closes the twentieth chapter of Antya-līlā, which describes the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka and how the Lord tasted it Himself.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, twentieth chapter, describing the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka and how the Lord tasted it Himself.

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:

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. śākein the Śakābda Era
  2. sindhu-agni-vāṇa-indauin 1537
  3. jyaiṣṭhein the month of Jyaiṣṭha (May-June)
  4. vṛndāvana-antarein the forest of Vṛndāvana
  5. sūrya-aheon the day of the sun (Sunday)
  6. asita-pañcamyāmon the fifth day of the dark fortnight
  7. granthaḥbook
  8. ayamthis (Caitanya-caritāmṛta)
  9. pūrṇatāmcompletion
  10. gataḥachieved
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

  • Śikṣāṣṭaka · The eightfold inner culmination

    Eight prayers that lead from glorifying the holy name through humility and selfless love to unconditional attachment to Kṛṣṇa. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “śikṣāṣṭaka”

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 knowing the place and date of completion help me appreciate this book?

Practice

Write one sentence in your study notes recording where and when Caitanya-caritāmṛta was completed.

Live this todayThe Completion of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛtaThis 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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