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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 20.61Antya 20.63

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.62

ব্রজের বিশুদ্ধপ্রেম, — যেন জাম্বূনদ হেম, আত্ম-সুখের যাহাঁ নাহি গন্ধ ।

সে প্রেম জানা’তে লোকে, প্রভু কৈলা এই শ্লোকে, পদে কৈলা অর্থের নির্বন্ধ ॥ ৬২ ॥

vrajera viśuddha-prema, —   yena jāmbū-nada hema,

ātma-sukhera yāhāṅ nāhi gandha

se prema jānā’te loke,  prabhu kailā ei śloke,

pade kailā arthera nirbandha

Translation

The pure devotional service in Vṛndāvana is like the golden particles in the river Jāmbū. In Vṛndāvana there is not a trace of personal sense gratification. It is to advertise such pure love in this material world that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has written the previous verse and explained its meaning.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Devotion Has No Selfish Enjoyment

  1. 1

    Pure devotional service in Vṛndāvana is compared to golden particles in the river Jāmbū.

  2. 2

    In Vṛndāvana there is not a trace of personal sense gratification.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wrote and explained the eighth verse of the Śikṣāṣṭaka to make such pure love known in this material world.

Key points from the purport
  • The verse-referred to here is text 47, the eighth verse of the Śikṣāṣṭaka.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka prayers in the company of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. 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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vrajeraof Vṛndāvana
  2. viśuddha-premathe pure love of Kṛṣṇa
  3. yenalike
  4. jāmbū-nada hemathe golden particles found in the Jāmbū River
  5. ātma-sukheraof personal sense gratification
  6. yāhāṅwhere
  7. nāhi gandhathere is not even a scent
  8. se premathat love of Godhead
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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: “pure love”

  • 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”

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where do I notice a desire for my own enjoyment entering my service?

Practice

Before one act of devotional service today, pause and turn your intention toward Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction rather than your own enjoyment.

Live this todayPure Devotion Has No Selfish EnjoymentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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