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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

Antya 20.50 Antya 20.52

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.51

কিবা তেঁহো লম্পট, শঠ, ধৃষ্ট, সকপট, অন্য নারীগণ করি’ সাথ ।

মোরে দিতে মনঃপীড়া, মোর আগে করে ক্রীড়া, তবু তেঁহো — মোর প্রাণনাথ ॥ ৫১ ॥

kibā teṅho lampaṭa, śaṭha, dhṛṣṭa, sakapaṭa,

anya nārī-gaṇa kari’ sātha

more dite manaḥ-pīḍā, mora āge kare krīḍā,

tabu teṅho — mora prāṇa-nātha

Translation

“Or, since after all He is a very cunning, obstinate debauchee with a propensity to cheat, He takes to the company of other women. He then indulges in loving affairs with them in front of Me to give distress to My mind. Nevertheless, He is still the Lord of My life.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotion Remains Even Amid Distress

1
The speaker describes Kṛṣṇa in strong words as cunning, obstinate and inclined to cheat.
2
He may enjoy the company of other women in front of the speaker, causing distress to the mind.
3
Nevertheless, the speaker still accepts Him as the Lord of life. The pain does not cancel 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

Antya 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka prayers in the company of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. 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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kibāor
teṅhoHe
lampaṭadebauchee
śaṭhadeceitful
dhṛṣṭaobstinate
sakapaṭawith a cheating propensity
anyaother
nārī-gaṇawomen

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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In this verse: “company of”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the word “nevertheless” reveal about the speaker’s devotion?

Practice

Read the final sentence slowly, and reflect for one minute on devotion that does not depend on receiving affection.

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