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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 4.63Antya 4.65

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.64

সিঞ্চাঙ্গ নস্ত্বদধরামৃতপূরকেণ হাসাবলোক-কলগীতজ-হৃচ্ছয়াগ্নিম্ ।

নো চেদ্বয়ং বিরহজাগ্ন্যুপযুক্তদেহা ধ্যানেন যাম পদয়োঃ পদবীং সখে তে ॥ ৬৪ ॥

siñcāṅga nas tvad-adharāmṛta-pūrakeṇa

hāsāvaloka-kala-gīta-ja-hṛc-chayāgnim

no ced vayaṁ viraha-jāgny-upayukta-dehā

dhyānena yāma padayoḥ padavīṁ sakhe te

Translation

“ ‘O dear Kṛṣṇa, by Your smiling glances and melodious talk, You have awakened a fire of lusty desire in our hearts. Now You should extinguish that fire with a stream of nectar from Your lips by kissing us. Kindly do this. Otherwise, dear friend, the fire within our hearts will burn our bodies to ashes because of separation from You. Thus by meditation we shall claim shelter at Your lotus feet.’”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Gopīs Long for Kṛṣṇa’s Affection

  1. 1

    Attracted by Kṛṣṇa’s flute in the autumn moonlight, the gopīs came to Him in an overwhelming state of love.

  2. 2

    To increase their ecstatic love, Kṛṣṇa gave them moral instructions to return home. They did not care for these instructions, wanting instead to dance with Him and receive His kisses.

  3. 3

    The gopīs describe His smiling glances and melodious talk as awakening a burning desire in their hearts. They plead for His affection and speak of taking shelter at His lotus feet through meditation.

Key points from the purport
  • All of them, being maddened, came to Kṛṣṇa, but to increase their ecstatic love, Kṛṣṇa gave them moral instructions to return home.
  • The gopīs did not care for these instructions.
  • They wanted to be kissed by Kṛṣṇa, for they had come there with lusty desires to dance with Him.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 4.64 quotesSB 10.29.35

This verse was spoken by the gopīs when they were attracted by the vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute in the moonlight of autumn.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

The Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your decision to commit suicide is the result of the mode of ignorance.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. siñcajust sprinkle water
  2. aṅgaO my dear Kṛṣṇa
  3. naḥour
  4. tvatYour
  5. adharaof the lips
  6. amṛtaof nectar
  7. pūrakeṇaby the stream
  8. hāsasmile
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”

  • 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”

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 gopīs’ prayer reveal about their longing for Kṛṣṇa’s presence and affection?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering Kṛṣṇa’s smiling glances and melodious talk as described in this verse.

Live this todayThe Gopīs Long for Kṛṣṇa’s AffectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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