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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 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
Antya 4.219Antya 4.221

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.220

সিদ্ধান্তসার গ্রন্থ কৈলা ‘দশম-টিপ্পনী’ ।

কৃষ্ণলীলারস-প্রেম যাহা হৈতে জানি ॥ ২২০ ॥

siddhānta-sāra grantha kailā ‘daśama-ṭippanī’

kṛṣṇa-līlā-rasa-prema yāhā haite jāni

Translation

Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī wrote a commentary on the Tenth Canto known as Daśama-ṭippanī, from which we can understand the transcendental pastimes and ecstatic love of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understanding Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes and Ecstatic Love

  1. 1

    Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī wrote a commentary on the Tenth Canto called Daśama-ṭippanī.

  2. 2

    Through this commentary, we can understand the transcendental pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    The commentary also helps us understand Lord Kṛṣṇa’s ecstatic love.

How it feels

Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.

The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

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

In this way he completely retired and returned to Vṛndāvana to meet Sanātana Gosvāmī. After narrating these incidents, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has given a list of the main books of Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Jīva Gosvāmī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. siddhānta-sāramature understanding
  2. granthabook
  3. kailācompiled
  4. daśama-ṭippanīcommentary on the Tenth Canto
  5. kṛṣṇa-līlāof pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  6. rasaof the transcendental mellows
  7. premaecstatic love
  8. yāhā haitefrom which
  9. jāniwe can understand
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can studying this commentary help deepen my understanding of Lord Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write down the name Daśama-ṭippanī and its two subjects: Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes and ecstatic love.

Live this todayUnderstanding Kṛṣṇa’s Pastimes and Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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