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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 20.46Antya 20.48

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.47

আশ্লিষ্য বা পাদরতাং পিনষ্টু মা- মদর্শনান্মর্মহতাং করোতু বা ।

যথা তথা বা বিদধাতু লম্পটো মত্প্রাণনাথস্তু স এব নাপরঃ ॥ ৪৭ ॥

āśliṣya vā pāda-ratāṁ pinaṣṭu mām

adarśanān marma-hatāṁ karotu vā

yathā tathā vā vidadhātu lampaṭo

mat-prāṇa-nāthas tu sa eva nāparaḥ

Translation

“ ‘Let Kṛṣṇa tightly embrace this maidservant who has fallen at His lotus feet, or let Him trample Me or break My heart by never being visible to Me. He is a debauchee, after all, and can do whatever He likes, but still He alone, and no one else, is the worshipable Lord of My heart.’

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Alone Remains the Heart’s Lord

  1. 1

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī speaks as a maidservant fallen at Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet. Her devotion is expressed through this position of service.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa may embrace Her, trample Her or break Her heart by remaining invisible. She allows Him freedom to act as He likes.

  3. 3

    Even while calling Him a debauchee, She declares that He alone is the worshipable Lord of Her heart. Neither pain nor separation changes that devotion.

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:

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 summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āśliṣyaembracing with great pleasure
  2. vāor
  3. pāda-ratāmwho have fallen at the lotus feet
  4. pinaṣṭulet Him trample
  5. māmMe
  6. adarśanātby not being visible
  7. marma-hatāmbrokenhearted
  8. karotulet Him make
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Why this verse matters

    The eighth prayer: fidelity to Kṛṣṇa despite presence or absence.

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “fallen”

  • 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

What does this declaration reveal about devotion that does not depend on receiving comfort?

Practice

Offer a short prayer to Kṛṣṇa expressing a desire to serve Him without asking for anything in return.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 22 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 22 lectures

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Alone Remains the Heart’s LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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