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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 20.67-68Antya 20.70

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.69

দ্বাদশ বৎসর ঐছে দশা — রাত্রি-দিনে ।

কৃষ্ণরস আস্বাদয়ে দুইবন্ধু-সনে ॥ ৬৯ ॥

dvādaśa vatsara aiche daśā — rātri-dine

kṛṣṇa-rasa āsvādaye dui-bandhu-sane

Translation

For twelve years, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained in that state day and night. With His two friends He tasted the meaning of those verses, which consists of nothing but the transcendental bliss and mellows of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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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.

Sharing the Bliss of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

  1. 1

    For twelve years, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained in this state day and night.

  2. 2

    With His two friends, He tasted the meaning of those verses.

  3. 3

    Their meaning consists of nothing but transcendental bliss and the mellows of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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. dvādaśa vatsarafor twelve years
  2. aiche daśāsuch a condition
  3. rātri-dineday and night
  4. kṛṣṇa-rasatranscendental bliss and mellows in connection with Kṛṣṇa
  5. āsvādayeHe tastes
  6. dui-bandhu-sanewith two friends, namely Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could discussing a devotional verse with a friend help you attend to its meaning?

Practice

Share this translation with a friend and discuss what it says about tasting the meaning of verses.

Live this todaySharing the Bliss of Kṛṣṇa ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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