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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 20.84Antya 20.86

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.85

চৈতন্যমঙ্গলে তেঁহো লিখিয়াছেন স্থানে-স্থানে ।

সেই বচন শুন, সেই পরম-প্রমাণে ॥ ৮৫ ॥

caitanya-maṅgale teṅho likhiyāche sthāne-sthāne

sei vacana śuna, sei parama-pramāṇe

Translation

In his book named Caitanya-maṅgala [Caitanya-bhāgavata], he has described these pastimes in many places. I request my readers to hear that book, for that is the best evidence.

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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.

Hear the Earlier Account as Evidence

  1. 1

    Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura described these pastimes in many places in Caitanya-maṅgala, also called Caitanya-bhāgavata.

  2. 2

    The author directly requests his readers to hear that book.

  3. 3

    He honors that account as the best evidence for the pastimes being discussed.

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.
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. caitanya-maṅgalein the book named Caitanya-maṅgala
  2. teṅhoVṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura
  3. likhiyāchehas written
  4. sthāne-sthānein several places
  5. sei vacana śunaplease hear those statements
  6. sei parama-pramāṇethat is the foremost proof
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “discussed”

  • 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

Am I willing to hear the account that the author himself recommends?

Practice

If available, read aloud a short passage from Caitanya-bhāgavata today.

Live this todayHear the Earlier Account as EvidenceThis 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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