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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.64
পূর্বে অষ্ট-শ্লোক করি’ লোকে শিক্ষা দিলা ।
সেই অষ্ট-শ্লোকের অর্থ আপনে আস্বাদিলা ॥ ৬৪ ॥
pūrve aṣṭa-śloka kari’ loke śikṣā dilā
sei aṣṭa-ślokera artha āpane āsvādilā
The Lord had formerly composed these eight verses to teach people in general. Now He personally tasted the meaning of the verses, which are called the Śikṣāṣṭaka.
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The Lord had previously composed eight verses to teach people in general.
These eight verses are called the Śikṣāṣṭaka.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu now personally tasted their meaning.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
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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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Śikṣāṣṭaka · The eightfold inner culmination
Eight prayers that lead from glorifying the holy name through humility and selfless love to unconditional attachment to Kṛṣṇa. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “śikṣāṣṭaka”, “eight verses”
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