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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 20.60Antya 20.62

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.61

এই রাধার বচন, বিশুদ্ধপ্রেম-লক্ষণ, আস্বাদয়ে শ্রীগৌর-রায় ।

ভাবে মন নহে স্থির, সাত্ত্বিকে ব্যাপে শরীর, মন-দেহ ধারণ না যায় ॥ ৬১ ॥

ei rādhāra vacana,  viśuddha-prema-lakṣaṇa,

āsvādaye śrī-gaura-rāya

bhāve mana nahe sthira,  sāttvike vyāpe śarīra,

mana-deha dharaṇa nā yāya

Translation

These statements by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī show the symptoms of pure love for Kṛṣṇa tasted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In that ecstatic love, His mind was unsteady. Transformations of transcendental love spread throughout His entire body, and He could not sustain His body and mind.

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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.

Mahāprabhu Tastes Rādhārāṇī’s Pure Love

  1. 1

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s statements reveal the symptoms of pure love for Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tasted this pure love, and His mind became unsteady in ecstasy.

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    Transformations of transcendental love spread throughout His body. He could not sustain His body and mind.

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:

For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eithese
  2. rādhāra vacanathe statements of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  3. viśuddha-prema-lakṣaṇathe symptoms of pure love of Kṛṣṇa
  4. āsvādayetastes
  5. śrī-gaura-rāyaLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. bhāvebecause of this ecstasy
  7. mana nahe sthirathe mind is not steady
  8. sāttvikethe symptoms of transcendental love
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”, “pure love”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”, “rādhārāṇī’s”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which expression of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s pure love most deepens my appreciation of service?

Practice

Reread one of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s statements in this passage and reflect on its desire to please Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayMahāprabhu Tastes Rādhārāṇī’s Pure LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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