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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 20.57 Antya 20.59

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.58

“কৃষ্ণ — মোর জীবন, কৃষ্ণ — মোর প্রাণধন, কৃষ্ণ — মোর প্রাণের পরাণ ।

হৃদয়-উপরে ধরোঁ, সেবা করি’ সুখী করোঁ, এই মোর সদা রহে ধ্যান ॥ ৫৮ ॥

kṛṣṇa — mora jīvana, kṛṣṇa — mora prāṇa-dhana,

kṛṣṇa — mora prāṇera parāṇa

hṛdaya-upare dharoṅ, sevā kari’ sukhī karoṅ,

ei mora sadā rahe dhyāna

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa is My life and soul. Kṛṣṇa is the treasure of My life. Indeed, Kṛṣṇa is the very life of My life. I therefore keep Him always in My heart and try to please Him by rendering service. That is My constant meditation.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Keep Kṛṣṇa Always in Your Heart

1
Kṛṣṇa is described as life and soul, the treasure of life, and the very life of life.
2
Keeping Kṛṣṇa always in the heart goes together with trying to please Him through service.
3
This loving remembrance and desire to serve form a constant meditation.

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.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Antya 20

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
mora jīvanaMy life and soul
kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
mora prāṇa-dhanathe wealth of My life
kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
mora prāṇera parāṇathe life of My life
hṛdaya-upareon My heart
dharoṅI hold

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “service”, “serve”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can my remembrance of Kṛṣṇa lead to service that pleases Him?

Practice

Pause for a moment today to remember Kṛṣṇa and choose one small service to offer Him.

Live this todayKeep Kṛṣṇa Always in Your HeartThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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