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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 20.47Antya 20.49

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.48

“আমি — কৃষ্ণপদ-দাসী, তেঁহো — রসসুখরাশি, আলিঙ্গিয়া করে আত্মসাথ ।

কিবা না দেয় দরশন, জারেন মোর তনুমন, তবু তেঁহো — মোর প্রাণনাথ ॥ ৪৮ ॥

“āmi — kṛṣṇa-pada-dāsī, teṅho — rasa-sukha-rāśi,

āliṅgiyā kare ātma-sātha

Translation

“I am a maidservant at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. He is the embodiment of transcendental happiness and mellows. If He likes He can tightly embrace Me and make Me feel oneness with Him, or by not giving Me His audience, He may corrode My mind and body. Nevertheless, it is He who is the Lord of My life.

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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.

Service Remains Through Happiness and Separation

  1. 1

    The speaker identifies Herself as a maidservant at Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet. Kṛṣṇa is described as the embodiment of transcendental happiness and mellows.

  2. 2

    He may tightly embrace Her and make Her feel oneness with Him. Or He may withhold His audience, causing pain to Her mind and body.

  3. 3

    Nevertheless, Kṛṣṇa remains the Lord of Her life. Her commitment to Him continues through both closeness and separation.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āmiI
  2. kṛṣṇa-pada-dāsīa maidservant at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa
  3. teṅhoHe
  4. rasa-sukha-rāśithe reservoir of transcendental mellows
  5. āliṅgiyāby embracing
  6. karemakes
  7. ātma-sāthamerged
  8. kibāor
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

  • 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”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does “Nevertheless” reveal about the strength of Her commitment to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Take a quiet moment to offer Kṛṣṇa this simple prayer: “May I remain devoted to Your service.”

Live this todayService Remains Through Happiness and SeparationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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