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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 20.53 Antya 20.55

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.54

কান্তা কৃষ্ণে করে রোষ, কৃষ্ণ পায় সন্তোষ, সুখ পায় তাড়ন-ভর্ৎসনে ।

যথাযোগ্য করে মান, কৃষ্ণ তাতে সুখ পান, ছাড়ে মান অল্প-সাধনে ॥ ৫৪ ॥

kāntā kṛṣṇe kare roṣa, kṛṣṇa pāya santoṣa,

sukha pāya tāḍana-bhartsane

yathā-yogya kare māna, kṛṣṇa tāte sukha pāna,

chāḍe māna alpa-sādhane

Translation

“When a beloved gopī shows symptoms of anger toward Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is very satisfied. Indeed, He is extremely pleased when chastised by such a gopī. She shows her pride suitably, and Kṛṣṇa enjoys that attitude. Then she gives up her pride with a little endeavor.

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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.

Loving Anger Can Please Kṛṣṇa

1
A beloved gopī’s symptoms of anger can greatly satisfy Kṛṣṇa.
2
He enjoys her suitable expression of pride and is extremely pleased when she chastises Him.
3
She then gives up her pride with a little endeavor. In this description, her attitude brings Kṛṣṇa pleasure.

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:

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.

kāntāthe beloved
kṛṣṇeunto Lord Kṛṣṇa
kare roṣashows anger
kṛṣṇa pāya santoṣaKṛṣṇa becomes very happy
sukha pāyaobtains happiness
tāḍana-bhartsaneby chastisement
yathā-yogyaas it is suitable
kare mānashows pride

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks 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: “gopī”, “gopī’s”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinguishes the pleasing pride described here from anger maintained for one’s own happiness?

Practice

Read this verse and the next together, noting how Kṛṣṇa’s happiness distinguishes the two descriptions of anger.

Live this todayLoving Anger Can Please KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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