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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 5.111 Antya 5.113

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.112

বিকচকমলনেত্রে শ্রীজগন্নাথসংজ্ঞে কনকরুচিরিহাত্মন্যাত্মতাং যঃ প্রপন্নঃ ।

প্রকৃতিজড়মশেষং চেতয়ন্নাবিরাসীৎ স দিশতু তব ভব্যং কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যদেবঃ ॥ ১১২ ॥

vikaca-kamala-netre śrī-jagannātha-saṁjñe

kanaka-rucir ihātmany ātmatāṁ yaḥ prapannaḥ

prakṛti-jaḍam aśeṣaṁ cetayann āvirāsīt

sa diśatu tava bhavyaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaḥ

Translation

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead has assumed a golden complexion and has become the soul of the body named Lord Jagannātha, whose blooming lotus eyes are widely expanded. Thus He has appeared in Jagannātha Purī and brought dull matter to life. May that Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva, bestow all good fortune upon you.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Consider the Meaning Beneath Poetic Praise

1
The poet describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as having assumed a golden complexion.
2
He portrays Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva as the soul of the body named Lord Jagannātha and as bringing dull matter to life. This is the poet’s description, whose explanation later makes Svarūpa Dāmodara unhappy.
3
The verse ends by asking Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva to bestow all good fortune upon the listeners.

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

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

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

A brāhmaṇa from Bengal composed a drama about the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and went to Jagannātha Purī to show it to the associates of the Lord. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s secretary, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, heard the drama, he discerned a tinge of Māyāvāda philosophy and pointed it out to the author.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

vikacaexpanded
kamala-netrewhose lotus eyes
śrī-jagannātha-saṁjñenamed Śrī Jagannātha
kanaka-ruciḥpossessing a golden hue
ihahere in Jagannātha Purī
ātmaniin the body
ātmatāmthe state of being the self
yaḥwho

Live it

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Practice

Reread the poet’s description and identify one statement whose meaning needs careful explanation.

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