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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 20.55 Antya 20.57

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.56

যে গোপী মোর করে দ্বেষে, কৃষ্ণের করে সন্তোষে, কৃষ্ণ যারে করে অভিলাষ ।

মুই তার ঘরে যাঞা, তারে সেবোঁ দাসী হঞা, তবে মোর সুখের উল্লাস ॥ ৫৬ ॥

ye gopī mora kare dveṣe, kṛṣṇera kare santoṣe,

kṛṣṇa yāre kare abhilāṣa

mui tāra ghare yāñā, tāre sevoṅ dāsī hañā,

tabe mora sukhera ullāsa

Translation

“If a gopī envious of Me satisfies Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa desires her, I shall not hesitate to go to her house and become her maidservant, for then My happiness will be awakened.

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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.

Serve Beyond Rivalry for Kṛṣṇa’s Happiness

1
The speaker considers a gopī who is envious of the speaker but satisfies Kṛṣṇa and is desired by Him.
2
The speaker would go without hesitation to her house and become her maidservant.
3
Serving her would awaken the speaker’s happiness because she pleases Kṛṣṇa. Personal rivalry does not take priority over His satisfaction.

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.

ye gopīany gopī who
moraunto Me
kare dveṣeshows envy
kṛṣṇera kare santoṣebut satisfies Kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
yāreunto whom
karedoes
abhilāṣadesiring

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”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “serving”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I value someone’s service to Kṛṣṇa even when my relationship with that person is difficult?

Practice

Acknowledge one valuable service to Kṛṣṇa performed by someone with whom you find it difficult to get along.

Live this todayServe Beyond Rivalry for Kṛṣṇa’s HappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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