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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.88

চৈতন্য-লীলামৃত-সিন্ধু — দুগ্ধাব্ধি-সমান ।

তৃষ্ণানুরূপ ঝারী ভরি’ তেঁহো কৈলা পান ॥ ৮৮ ॥

caitanya-līlāmṛta-sindhu — dugdhābdhi-samāna

tṛṣṇānurūpa jhārī bhari’ teṅho kailā pāna

Translation

The ocean of nectarean pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is like the ocean of milk. According to his thirst, Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura filled his pitcher and drank from that ocean.

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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.

Drinking From the Ocean of Pastimes

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s nectarean pastimes are compared to an ocean of milk.

  2. 2

    Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura filled his pitcher from that ocean according to his thirst.

  3. 3

    The image shows both the vastness of the pastimes and his personal satisfaction in drinking from them.

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. caitanya-līlā-amṛta-sindhuthe ocean of nectarean pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. dugdha-abdhi-samānaexactly like the ocean of milk
  3. tṛṣṇā-anurūpaaccording to one’s thirst
  4. jhārīthe pitcher
  5. bhari’filling
  6. teṅhohe
  7. kailā pānadrank
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How much thirst do I bring to hearing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes?

Practice

Spend a few quiet minutes rereading one passage about the Lord’s pastimes, giving it your full attention.

Live this todayDrinking From the Ocean of PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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