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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 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya
Antya 5.104-105Antya 5.107

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.106

কৃষ্ণলীলা, গৌরলীলা সে করে বর্ণন ।

গৌর-পাদপদ্ম যাঁর হয় প্রাণ-ধন ॥ ১০৬ ॥

kṛṣṇa-līlā, gaura-līlā se kare varṇana

gaura-pāda-padma yāṅra haya prāṇa-dhana

Translation

“One who has accepted the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as his life and soul can describe the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa or the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Devotion qualifies one to describe divine pastimes

  1. 1

    The qualification described here is accepting the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as one’s life and soul.

  2. 2

    Such a person can describe the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Such a person can also describe the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

How it feels

Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.

The mood of Antya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

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

Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa-līlāthe pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  2. gaura-līlāthe pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. sehe
  4. kare varṇanadescribes
  5. gaura-pāda-padmathe lotus feet of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. yāṅrawhose
  7. hayais
  8. prāṇa-dhanathe life and soul
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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: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would it mean for me to make devotion to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu central to my life?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to pray for deeper devotion to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayDevotion qualifies one to describe divine pastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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