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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 20.48Antya 20.50

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.49

সখি হে, শুন মোর মনের নিশ্চয় ।

কিবা অনুরাগ করে, কিবা দুঃখ দিয়া মারে, মোর প্রাণেশ্বর কৃষ্ণ — অন্য নয় ॥ ৪৯ ॥

sakhi he, śuna mora manera niścaya

kibā anurāga kare,  kibā duḥkha diyā māre,

mora prāṇeśvara kṛṣṇa — anya naya

Translation

“My dear friend, just hear the decision of My mind. Kṛṣṇa is the Lord of My life in all conditions, whether He shows Me affection or kills Me by giving Me unhappiness.

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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 Is My Lord in All Conditions

  1. 1

    The speaker asks a dear friend to hear a firm decision of the mind.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa remains the Lord of the speaker’s life, whether He shows affection or gives unhappiness.

  3. 3

    This devotion does not depend on receiving comfort. Even overwhelming distress does not change that commitment.

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. sakhi heMy dear friend
  2. śunajust hear
  3. moraMy
  4. maneraof the mind
  5. niścayadecision
  6. kibāwhether
  7. anurāgaaffection
  8. kareshows
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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: “depend”

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

Does my willingness to serve Kṛṣṇa depend on how happy I feel?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to express your wish to serve Kṛṣṇa in both happiness and difficulty.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is My Lord in All ConditionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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