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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 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura
Antya 3.196Antya 3.198

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.197

ত্বৎসাক্ষাৎকরণাহ্লাদবিশুদ্ধাব্ধিস্থিতস্য মে ।

সুখানি গোষ্পদায়ন্তে ব্রাহ্মাণ্যপি জগদ্গুরো ॥ ১৯৭ ॥

tvat-sākṣāt-karaṇāhlāda-

viśuddhābdhi-sthitasya me

sukhāni goṣ-padāyante

brāhmāṇy api jagad-guro

Translation

“ ‘My dear Lord, O master of the universe, since I have directly seen You, my transcendental bliss has taken the shape of a great ocean. Being situated in that ocean, I now realize all other so-called happiness, including even brahmānanda, to be like the water contained in the hoofprint of a calf.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

An Ocean of Transcendental Bliss

  1. 1

    The speaker addresses the Lord as the master of the universe and describes the bliss of directly seeing Him.

  2. 2

    That transcendental bliss is compared to a great ocean.

  3. 3

    All other so-called happiness, including brahmānanda, seems like water in a calf’s hoofprint. The verse is quoted from the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya.

How it feels

Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.

The mood of Antya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

From Benāpola, Haridāsa Ṭhākura went to the village known as Cāndapura, where he lived at the house of Balarāma Ācārya. Thereafter, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was received by two brothers known as Hiraṇya and Govardhana Majumadāra, but in the course of a discussion he was offended by a caste brāhmaṇa known as Gopāla Cakravartī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tvatYou
  2. sākṣāt-karaṇaby meeting
  3. āhlādaof pleasure
  4. viśuddhaspiritually purified
  5. abdhiin an ocean
  6. sthitasyasituated
  7. meof me
  8. sukhānihappiness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “hari-bhakti-sudhodaya”

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

What does the contrast between an ocean and a calf’s hoofprint teach you about happiness in relation to the Lord?

Practice

Read the prayer aloud once, pausing to consider its comparison of the ocean and the hoofprint.

Live this todayAn Ocean of Transcendental BlissThis 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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