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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 20.52Antya 20.54

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.53

যে নারীরে বাঞ্ছে কৃষ্ণ, তার রূপে সতৃষ্ণ, তারে না পাঞা হয় দুঃখী ।

মুই তার পায় পড়ি’, লঞা যাঙ হাতে ধরি’, ক্রীড়া করাঞা তাঁরে করোঁ সুখী ॥ ৫৩ ॥

ye nārīre vāñche kṛṣṇa,  tāra rūpe satṛṣṇa,

tāre nā pāñā haya duḥkhī

mui tāra pāya paḍi’,  lañā yāṅa hāte dhari’,

krīḍā karāñā tāṅre karoṅ sukhī

Translation

“If Kṛṣṇa, attracted by the beauty of some other woman, wants to enjoy with her but is unhappy because He cannot get her, I fall down at her feet, catch her hand and bring her to Kṛṣṇa to engage her for His happiness.

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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.

Act Humbly for Kṛṣṇa’s Happiness

  1. 1

    The speaker considers Kṛṣṇa’s unhappiness when He desires another woman’s company but cannot obtain it.

  2. 2

    Rather than opposing His wish, the speaker falls at her feet, takes her hand and brings her to Him.

  3. 3

    These humble actions have one purpose: to engage her for Kṛṣṇa’s happiness.

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. ye nārīrethe woman whom
  2. vāñche kṛṣṇaKṛṣṇa desires to have in His company
  3. tāra rūpe satṛṣṇaattracted to her beauty
  4. tāreher
  5. nā pāñānot getting
  6. haya duḥkhībecomes unhappy
  7. muiI
  8. tāra pāya paḍi’falling down at her feet
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “humble”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to support another person’s service when it is for Kṛṣṇa’s happiness?

Practice

Offer one small, humble act of help to someone serving Kṛṣṇa today.

Live this todayAct Humbly for Kṛṣṇa’s HappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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