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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 20.49Antya 20.51

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.50

ছাড়ি’ অন্য নারীগণ, মোর বশ তনুমন, মোর সৌভাগ্য প্রকট করিয়া ।

তা-সবারে দেয় পীড়া, আমা-সনে করে ক্রীড়া, সেই নারীগণে দেখাঞা ॥ ৫০ ॥

chāḍi’ anya nārī-gaṇa,  mora vaśa tanu-mana,

mora saubhāgya prakaṭa kariyā

tā-sabāre deya pīḍā,  āmā-sane kare krīḍā,

sei nārī-gaṇe dekhāñā

Translation

“Sometimes Kṛṣṇa gives up the company of other gopīs and becomes controlled, mind and body, by Me. Thus He manifests My good fortune and gives others distress by performing His loving affairs with Me.

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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’s Affection Reveals the Beloved’s Good Fortune

  1. 1

    Sometimes Kṛṣṇa leaves the company of other gopīs to be with the speaker.

  2. 2

    He becomes controlled, mind and body, by the speaker, revealing the speaker’s good fortune.

  3. 3

    His loving affairs with the speaker give distress to others. The surrounding verses describe devotion through both affection and distress.

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. chāḍi’giving up
  2. anyaother
  3. nārī-gaṇawomen
  4. moraMy
  5. vaśacontrol
  6. tanu-manamind and body
  7. moraMy
  8. saubhāgyafortune
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “company 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: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description of affection deepen my understanding of the commitment expressed in the preceding verse?

Practice

Reread this verse alongside the preceding one, noticing that Kṛṣṇa remains the Lord of the speaker’s life in either condition.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Affection Reveals the Beloved’s Good FortuneThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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